Fred Harris, a former Democratic U.S. senator from Oklahoma, is being remembered by party members for his commitment to ...
Fred Harris, a former U.S. senator from Oklahoma, presidential hopeful and populist who championed Democratic Party reforms ...
Okla., died Saturday at age 94, his wife said. Harris is remembered for championing Democratic Party reforms in the 1960s.
After eight years in the Senate as a moderate Democrat, he took a leftward turn toward “new populism” in a failed shot at the presidency in 1976.
Fred Harris, ex-Oklahoma senator and Democratic presidential hopeful, has died. He was 94.
Mr. Harris, a liberal populist, was once considered one of the bright young faces of the Democratic Party. He twice ran for president and chaired the Democratic National Committee.