charge of accepting an illegal gratuity "without corrupt intent" and was fined and allowed to keep his law license. The government dropped the other charges. Later years After leaving the Senate, Brewster took up farming in Glyndon, Maryland. He died of liver cancer on August 19, 2007, at age 83. He is buried at Saint Thomas' Episcopal Church Cemetery, Owings Mills, Maryland. Legacy Among Brewster's United States Senate staff in the 1960s were intern Nancy D'Alesandro (later Pelosi) of Baltimore, who as a Congresswoman from California would become Democratic leader and, in 2007, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Steny Hoyer, who served on Senator Brewster's staff for five years from 1962 to 1966 and who served as House Majority Leader under Pelosi. See also List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes List of federal political scandals in the United States References External links Daniel Brewster papers at the University of Maryland Libraries Notes Retrieved on 2008-01-24 |- |- 1923 births 2007 deaths 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American politicians Bullitt family Candidates in the 1964 United States presidential election Deaths from cancer in Maryland Deaths from liver cancer Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland Democratic Party United States senators from Maryland Franklin family Gilman School alumni Johns Hopkins University alumni Lawyers from Baltimore Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates Military personnel from Baltimore Politicians from Baltimore United States Marine Corps colonels United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II United States Marine Corps reservists University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law alumni