Russ Feingold

Russ Feingold left a mark on me with one act above all: in the raw weeks after 9/11, he was the lone U.S. senator to vote against the Patriot Act. When fear and anger push everyone in one direction, standing alone on principle takes a kind of courage most of us never have to test. A Janesville native, Rhodes Scholar, lawyer and three-term senator, his awards — a Profile in Courage Award, a James Madison Award — read like a record of conviction. In a world where staying quiet is always the easier choice, Feingold chose to stand up. I find that genuinely admirable.

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Name (English)

Russ Feingold

Name (Japanese)

ラス・ファインゴールド

Reading

らす・ふぁいんごーるど

Born

March 2, 1953 (age 73)

Origin

Janesville, Wisconsin, United States

Occupation

politician / lawyer / visiting professor / university teacher

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Snake

High school

Joseph A. Craig High School

University

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Awards & achievements

• 2011 Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal
• 1999 Profile in Courage Award
• 2008 James Madison Award
• 1975 Rhodes Scholarship

• Official sitehttp://russfeingold.com
• Xhttps://x.com/russfeingold
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ%20Feingold
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q356475

Tags

• Wisconsin
• politician
• lawyer
• visiting professor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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