Don Nickles Biography

Donald Lee Nickles (born December 6 1948) is an American political leader who was a United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1981 until 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party. While in the U.S. Senate Nickles was considered a fiscal and social conservative member and sponsored legislation that cut taxes reduced the size of overall government spending increased the military defense system and sought to allow voluntary prayer in public schools and later sponsored the so-called Defense of Marriage Act which outlawed individual states being required to recognize same-sex marriage from other states.
Born and raised in Ponca City Oklahoma Nickles attended Oklahoma State University where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. When he was a young man Nickles' father died and the government's heavy taxation of the family's small manufacturing business (which may have contributed the family business difficulties) made a profound impression on him. He paid his way through college by starting a janitorial business that served nearby office building and business establishments. Following graduation from college he went to work for Nickles Machine Corporation in Ponca City a business started by his grandfather. He rose to the position of General Manager. He also served in the United States National Guard from 1970 until 1976.

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