Talk:Louise Slaughter

POV Concerns
this page is hilarious. she sounds like the perfect human being. wikipedia as free campaign advertising, i couldn't think of anything more advantageous gmrepoli 06:27, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Added POV template. I agree with Gmrepoli that this article needs to be rescued from Ms. Slaughter's political supporters and the first step would be to further reduce what an earlier editor called "fawning and gushing". That means, among other things, eliminating many unnecessary adjectives that hype but do not inform. For example: prestigious Rules Committee, true-life coal miner’s daughter (and drop the movie link unless the movie is about Louise Slaughter), worked hard as a coal miner (or show me a coal miner who doesn't work hard), etc. I see too much awkward phraseology, such as "Armed with an increased passion". One may be motivated by an increased passion, but armed? And what about this mixed metaphor: "Throwing her hat in the public arena for the second time, she knew the deck was stacked against her"? Did she write or issue a report? No, she unveild it. She's a tireless promoter; she's deeply concerned, and a leading advocate who won historic increases. The hype is the first part of the problem. Second, where is the account of what her detractors and opponents have to say about her? Or is she the only politician in in the world who is universally loved and admired? I will try to implement some of my suggested changes when I have more time. Blanchette 18:42, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

If you are to edit this page, maybe you should consider editing all of the politicians as most articles are not without a slant. Unless a full assessment of all members of congress will be performed, a bias is inevitable...therefore unless something is "untrue" I would leave it as is.
 * Actually, all articles on Wikipedia are being considered for editing. They're all slanted in some way too. We're not singling out this article, we just have to start fixing somewhere.

She sounds so good here because this is word-for-word from her "detailed campaign biography." Isn't that a copy-vio issue? Nonetheless, I think a re-working of the bio would suffice to make it "neutral" and acceptable. - Nhprman List  03:05, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm removing the POV template. This article used to be pretty awful in that regard, but I think it now stands as one of the best contemporary Congressperson articles. My only concern is the use of the term "fought for" which I will change to "worked for" unless someone can cite the use of violence to further Slaughter's legislative agenda. --Cjs56 16:17, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

I am a close member of Louise's family. Her father was a blacksmith for the coal mines in Lynch and helped build the Methodist Church there, helping to dig the foundation. He was also a member of the Ku Klux Klan (by his own admission) and played minor league baseball. Bleeding heart that she is, she does not keep in touch with her family in Kentucky at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.55.41.141 (talk) 00:28, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Election Results
There's a slight problem with contradictory sources here. According to the NYS Board of elections, Wojtaszek received 59,547 votes in the 2002 election against Slaughter. However, according to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, he only received 58,547. Which source should we trust here? Zzedar 20:25, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Without having specific knowledge, I would trust the NYS BOE results as they are the body directly charged with determining election outcomes. I would probably attribute the discrepency to carelessness in transcription the results of a lopsided election by someone working for the House. --Cjs56 16:55, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

I went through the county by county, party line by party line results from the NYS BOE and got the sum of 59,547, backing up my consciption theory. --Cjs56 16:58, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 23:11, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Syria Trip
There have been rumors going around that when Rep. Slaughter went to Syria with Nancy Pelosi and others, that she met not only with Syrian officials, but also leadership from the PKK terrorist group to cause trouble with Turkey to make them shut down the supply lines for the troops in iraq. Has anyone else heard or have any information on this? http://www.nypost.com/seven/03312007/news/nationalnews/miss_syria_nationalnews_ian_bishop.htm Wvfd14 (talk) 13:35, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Louise was 82 yesterday. The sidebar should be updated by someone who knows how to do so to reflect this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.69.5.100 (talk) 13:17, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

husband dead
Her husband died, reportedly in a Washington D.C. hospital — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.69.9.224 (talk) 23:06, 20 May 2014 (UTC)


 * According to a local news report, he died at the couple's Washington, D.C. home. I have updated the Wikipedia article accordingly. Harej (talk) 18:57, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

That can not possibly be her "official portrait" of the 113th Congress. That picture was taken in the mid-1990s, when she was 65-67 and looked 60ish. Now she's 86 and looks 55. The pictures on her website are MUCH more recent, even if she's had so much work done she looks like a Halloween mask. I advise to choose another picture of her, that actually shows what this young whippersnapper actually looks like. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.67.32.161 (talk) 21:23, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

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hospitalization
Slaughter was actually hospitalized last week for a concussion. It was announced on the 14th. https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2018/03/16/louise-slaughter-dies-congresswoman-house-representatives/431485002/ 98.10.165.90 (talk) 15:01, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

"Slaughter was the first Democrat to represent the 30th District since 1910"
Is there any sourcing for this? The on-its-face claim is inaccurate due to district re-numbering, but it's possible she was the first Democrat to represent part of Rochester. It would take a significant amount of effort (which would probably end up being WP:OR/WP:SYNTH) to determine all the representatives from Monroe County, New York over a 75-year period. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 18:58, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I think we should just delete it, personally. MAINEiac4434 (talk) 22:19, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
 * It can probably be sourced through her biography in The Almanac of American Politics or a similar source. It clearly pertains to the Rochester area and not to the district numbered 30. It's relevant to her political biography because it contributes to an understanding of how much of a trailblazer she was. JTRH (talk) 00:35, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

I found a source on Rochester's congresspeople ... and Jessica M. Weis (a woman) represented the area for two terms from 1959-1963. As far as Democrats go, George F. Rogers was elected to represent some part of the county in 1944, and George Bradshaw Kelly in 1936. I have no idea if their districts overlapped Slaughter's. If there's a source for "first Democrat to represent the (east/west) side of Rochester since 1910", I'm fine with it being re-added. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 02:11, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I have several reference works at my office. I'll look it up on Monday. JTRH (talk) 12:21, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

A little bit of research: The Rochester paper (Democrat and Chronicle) on Nov. 5, 1986, the day after her election, calls her the first Democrat and the first woman to represent the 30th District. A map accompanying that article shows that the district as then constituted covered (almost?) the entire city of Rochester, but part of the outlying county was in a district represented by John LaFalce, another Democrat who got to Congress before Slaughter did. I'm not sure we can draw a definitive conclusion from any of this. JTRH (talk) 14:04, 17 March 2018 (UTC)