life John Culver and his wife had five children, including Chet, who served as the Governor of Iowa from 2007 to 2011. At the time of his death, Culver was recently retired at the firm of Arent Fox in Washington, D.C., where he had established the government affairs practice. After leaving the Senate, he had lived and worked in the capital with his wife, Mary Jane Checchi. Culver died on December 26, 2018, in Washington, D.C. See also List of members of the House Un-American Activities Committee References Further reading Johnson, Marc C. Tuesday Night Massacre: Four Senate Elections and the Radicalization of the Republican Party (U of Oklahoma Press, 2021) 1980 Senate races saw bitter defeats of Frank Church, Birch Bayh, John Culver, and George McGovern and weakened moderates in GOP. External links The John Culver Papers are housed at the University of Iowa Special Collections & University Archives. |- |- 1932 births 2018 deaths Candidates in the 1980 United States presidential election 20th-century American politicians Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa American Presbyterians Democratic Party United States senators from Iowa Harvard Crimson football players Harvard Law School alumni Iowa lawyers Lawyers from Washington, D.C. Military personnel from Minnesota Politicians from Cedar Rapids, Iowa Politicians from Rochester, Minnesota United States Marine Corps officers Writers from Cedar Rapids, Iowa Burials at Arlington National Cemetery 20th-century American lawyers Military personnel from Iowa Members of Congress who became lobbyists