Richard Stone (politician)

Richard Bernard Stone ( born September 22, 1928 in New York City, New York) is an American diplomat and politician of the Democratic Party. From 1975 to 1980 he sat for the U.S. state of Florida in the U.S. Senate.

Early life and family

Stone was born in New York City. Shortly after his birth his parents moved with him to Florida in the Miami -Dade County, where he attended schools. From then on he studied law at Harvard University. 1949 he received his Bachelor of Arts. The Bachelor of Laws was conferred upon him in 1954 by Columbia University. In 1955, he returned to Florida and was admitted to the bar. He opened his own law firm in Miami. In 1966 he was prosecuting attorney of the city of Miami.

Stone is married to Marlene Lois Stone. They have three children.

Career

First political experiences collected Stone from 1967 in the Senate from Florida. After three years as a senator, he was appointed in 1970 to the Secretary of State of Florida.

In the primaries of the Democratic Party for the Senate seat from Florida, who stood for election in 1974, Stone is set successfully against 11 candidates. Republican candidate was the millionaire Jack Eckerd. Stone won against Eckerd at the general election. After Stone's predecessor, Edward Gurney, his resignation 31 December 1974 submitted, Stone was on 1 January 1975, two days earlier than originally planned, sworn in as a senator. During his tenure as Senator Stone was a member of the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry and the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. There he sat down particularly hard one for the ratification of the Torrijos -Carter Treaties.

His efforts for re-election in 1980 were unsuccessful. In the Democratic primary, he could not prevail against six other candidates. Bill Gunter was nominated instead. In the general election in November 1980, Gunter could not prevail against the Republican Paula Hawkins. Stone announced his resignation December 31, 1980 and thus different from three days before the normal end of his term in the Senate.

After Stone was retired from the Senate, he worked as a lawyer again. During the administration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan Stone worked repeatedly in special committees or as a consultant for Reagan. 1983 Stone was appointed by Reagan as ambassador for Central America. In 1984, he was recalled back after differences with the Department of State. President George HW Bush appointed Stone in 1991 to the United States Ambassador in Denmark. Until October 1993 he was the United States representative in Denmark. Until the 1998 Stone was then held various positions in the economy. Since then, he has retired into private life.