What significant distinction does Tom Carper currently hold?
Youngest senator
Oldest senator
Last Vietnam War veteran in Senate
First senator to climb Mount Everest
Answer
Tom Carper is the last Vietnam War veteran in the Senate. Carper served as a naval aviator in the Vietnam War. He was shot down over North Vietnam and spent over seven years as a prisoner of war. After returning home, Carper served as governor of Delaware from 1993 to 2001. He was elected to the Senate in 2000 and has served there ever since.
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