My Professors' Political Contributions

I was poking around Open Secrets and thought it would be interesting to see if any of my law professors showed up. Boy, did they ever! Two of my four current professors turn out to be quite active donors, with a third making more modest contributions.

My tax professor, John C. Harrison:

9/24/1998 $300 National Republican Congressional Cmte
9/25/1998 $300 Neumann, Mark W
9/29/1998 $500 Inglis, Bob
9/30/1998 $500 Boozman, Fay W III
10/7/1998 $200 Smith, Linda
10/16/1998 $200 Inglis, Bob
1/15/1999 $1,000 Republican National Cmte
1/20/1999 $1,000 National Republican Senatorial Cmte
6/30/1999 $1,000 Abraham, Spencer
7/6/1999 $1,000 Allen, George
7/6/1999 $1,000 Allen, George
12/31/1999 $1,000 Republican National Cmte
1/7/2000 $1,000 National Republican Senatorial Cmte
2/11/2000 $1,500 National Republican Congressional Cmte
3/2/2000 $1,500 National Republican Congressional Cmte
3/9/2000 $300 Bush, George W
5/20/2000 $300 Lazio, Rick A
7/31/2000 $1,500 National Republican Congressional Cmte
9/30/2000 $200 Franks, Bob
10/5/2000 $200 McCollum, Bill
10/7/2000 $300 Lazio, Rick A
10/18/2000 $200 Gorton, Slade
10/18/2000 $1,000 National Republican Congressional Cmte
10/19/2000 $1,000 Republican National Cmte
10/23/2000 $1,000 Republican Party of Virginia
10/31/2000 $300 Franks, Bob
11/15/2000 $1,000 House Managers PAC
1/29/2001 $1,000 Republican National Cmte
1/31/2001 $1,000 National Republican Senatorial Cmte
9/24/2001 $250 Republican Party of Virginia
9/27/2001 $300 Coleman, Norm
11/29/2001 $200 Graham, Lindsey
12/27/2001 $250 Ganske, Greg
12/29/2001 $300 Talent, James M
1/9/2002 $1,000 National Republican Senatorial Cmte
2/8/2002 $1,000 Republican National Cmte
1/22/2003 $1,000 Republican National Cmte
1/22/2003 $1,000 National Republican Senatorial Cmte
7/16/2003 $500 Toomey, Pat
8/19/2003 $250 Toomey, Pat
1/23/2004 $1,000 Republican National Cmte

My Free Speech and Press professor, Lillian BeVier:

5/14/1999 $500 Goode, Virgil H Jr
7/8/1999 $500 Bush, George W
6/2/2000 $300 Allen, George
6/5/2000 $500 Republican National Cmte
6/7/2000 $500 Bush, George W
9/7/2000 $750 Republican National Cmte
9/12/2000 $500 Lazio, Rick A
10/10/2000 $500 Republican National Cmte
3/28/2002 $500 Republican National Cmte
6/16/2003 $2,000 Bush, George W

My Constitutional History professor, Michael Klarman:

1/21/1992 $1,000 Clinton, Bill
11/5/2002 $750 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte

Now that's obviously too small a sample to draw any conclusions about the political leanings of law professors, but it is probably food for thought.