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What about Deaf Politicians? Have there been any deaf members of any national legislative body. Or state/regional body?

I know Iowa State Senator Tom Harkin had a Deaf brother. Senator Harkin sponsored and introduced the ADA. I believe he was the first person who ever used ASL in the United States Senate. He signed during the debate of the ADA.
 
Daft said:
What about Deaf Politicians? Have there been any deaf members of any national legislative body. Or state/regional body?

I know Iowa State Senator Tom Harkin had a Deaf brother. Senator Harkin sponsored and introduced the ADA. I believe he was the first person who ever used ASL in the United States Senate. He signed during the debate of the ADA.
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From Wiki:
Kathleen Ollerenshaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gary Malkowski - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Enjoy
 
viper_80 said:
wow, quite a few then. feeling pretty dumb now though as don't know who loads of them are! I shall sit in the corner with the silly hat on. I do know the guy who played the Hulk though! didn't see that one coming!
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My boyfriend is Lou Ferringo's cousin. I haven't met him. And my boyfriend hasn't visited him in quite some time.
 
I had a post from DeafYouTube on Facebook about Charlie Chaplin. The people posting are saying that he's either hard-of-hearing or deaf. Yet I haven't been able to find anything confirming it. I didn't search too hard either.
 
Juli-terp-to-be said:
I had a post from DeafYouTube on Facebook about Charlie Chaplin. The people posting are saying that he's either hard-of-hearing or deaf. Yet I haven't been able to find anything confirming it. I didn't search too hard either.
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He was not deaf.
 
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