Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996, he served one time period as a Georgia Democrat earlier than shedding reelection in a marketing campaign that centered on nationwide safety after Sept. 11, 2001.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/native/obituaries/max-cleland-dead/2021/11/09/cb0afb9c-7520-11eb-8115-9ad5e9c02117_story.html | Max Cleland, Vietnam Struggle veteran who led VA and served in Senate, dies at 79
