David Durenberger

David Durenberger
United States Senator from Minnesota
In office November 8, 1978 – January 3, 1995
Preceded by	Muriel Humphrey
Succeeded by	Rod Grams
Personal details
Born	David Ferdinand Durenberger (1934-08-19)August 19, 1934 St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	January 31, 2023(2023-01-31) (aged 88) St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Political party	Republican (before 2005) Independent (after 2005)
Spouses	Judith McGlumphy ​ ​ (m. 1962; died 1970)​ Penny Baran Tuohy ​ ​ (m. 1971; div. 1993)​ Susan Bartlett Foote ​ ​ (m. 1995)​
Children	6
Education	Saint John's University, Minnesota (BA) University of Minnesota (JD)
Military service
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1956–1963
David Durenberger's voice Durenberger on former Senator Lowell Weicker and the Senate's work on the Americans with Disabilities Act Recorded July 11, 1990

David Ferdinand Durenberger (August 19, 1934 – January 31, 2023) was an American politician and attorney. Durenberger represented Minnesota in the United States Senate as a Republican from 1978 to 1995. He left the Republican Party in 2005 and became a critic of it, endorsing Democratic presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden in 2016 and 2020, respectively.^[1][2]