1998

Events

 * July 1:
 * Timothy Kaine becomes Mayor of Richmond
 * August 4:
 * Thomas Carper becomes Chair of the National Governors Association
 * October 7:
 * Sonia Sotomayor becomes Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
 * November 6:
 * Thomas Price becomes Minority Whip of the Georgia Senate

Deaths

 * May 29:
 * Barry Morris Goldwater - Senator of Arizona (b. 1909)
 * December 12:
 * Morris King Udall - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1922)