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  Pell Jr., Herbert Claiborne
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AffiliationDemocratic   
NameHerbert Claiborne Pell Jr.
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New York, New York , United States
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Born February 16, 1884
DiedJuly 17, 1961 (77 years)
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Sep 05, 2016 10:13pm
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InfoPELL, Herbert Claiborne, Jr., (great-grandson of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, great-great-grandnephew of William Charles Cole Claiborne and Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne, and father of Claiborne de Borda Pell), a Representative from New York; born in New York City, February 16, 1884; attended Pomfret (Conn.) School, Harvard University, and Columbia University, New York City; member of the Progressive committee of Orange County, N.Y., 1912-1914; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1921); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress; chairman of the Democratic State committee 1921-1926; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1924; occasional lecturer at Columbia University, Harvard University, and other institutions of learning; vice chairman of the Democratic National Campaign Committee in 1936; appointed from Rhode Island as Minister to Portugal from May 27, 1937, until February 11, 1941, when he was appointed Minister to Hungary, serving in that capacity until his resignation on November 30, 1942, after he had received the Hungarian declaration of war; United States representative on the United Nations War Crimes Commission from August 1943 to January 1945; died in Munich, Germany, July 17, 1961; remains cremated and the ashes committed off Beavertail, Jamestown, R.I.

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Son Claiborne Pell 1918-2009
Grandson Herbert C. Pell III 0000-

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  02/11/1941 US Ambassador to Hungary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  05/27/1937 US Ambassador to Portugal Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/02/1920 NY District 17 Lost 33.77% (-28.19%)
  11/05/1918 NY District 17 Won 50.22% (+4.50%)
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