Floyd K. Haskell

Floyd Kirk Haskell (February 7, 1916, Morristown, New Jersey - August 25, 1998, Washington, D.C.) was a United States Senator from Colorado, and a member of the Democratic Party. He graduated from Harvard University 1937; graduated from Harvard Law School 1941; admitted to the New York and Colorado bars in 1946 and commenced practice in Denver, Colorado.; served in the United States Army 1941-1945, attaining the rank of major; member of the Colorado House of Representatives 1965-1969; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1972 and served from January 3, 1973, to January 3, 1979; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1978. Haskell was a resident of Washington, D.C. until his death.

Haskell was married to National Public Radio legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg from 1979 to his death in 1998.