


Robert William Packwood born September 11, is an American former attorney and politician
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bob jones sex scandal United States Senateunder threat of expulsionin after allegations of sexual harassmentabuse and assault of women emerged. Packwood is the great-grandson of William H. Packwoodthe youngest member of the Oregon Constitutional Convention of During his undergraduate years, he participated in Young Republican activities and worked on political campaigns, including later Governor and US Senator Mark Hatfield 's first run for the Oregon House of Representatives. He received the prestigious Root-Tilden Scholarship to New York University's Law Schoolwhere he earned national awards in moot court competition and was elected student body president. Inhe was elected Chairman of the Multnomah County Republican Central Committee, thus becoming the youngest party chairman of a major metropolitan area in the country.