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  Pell, Claiborne
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AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NameClaiborne Pell
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Newport, Rhode Island , United States
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Born November 22, 1918
DiedJanuary 01, 2009 (90 years)
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Last ModifedDavid
Nov 22, 2020 01:03pm
Tags Coast Guard - Episcopalian -
InfoClaiborne de Borda Pell

(son of Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr., great-great-grandson of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, great-great-grandnephew of George Mifflin Dallas, great-great-great-grandnephew of William Charles Cole Claiborne and Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne), a Senator from Rhode Island; born in New York City, November 22, 1918; graduated, Princeton University 1940 and Columbia University 1946; served in the United States Coast Guard 1941-1945; served in United States Coast Guard Reserve; State Department and foreign service officer in Czechoslovakia, Italy, and Washington, 1945-1952; businessman; served on a wide variety of government commissions and committees; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1960; reelected in 1966, 1972, 1978, 1984, and again in 1990 and served from January 3, 1961 to January 3, 1997; not a candidate for reelection in 1996; chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations (One Hundredth through One Hundred Third Congresses); appointed U.S. delegate to the United Nations, 1997.

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Jan 01, 2009 02:00pm Obituary BREAKING NEWS: Former RI U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell Dies at Age 90  Article Karma Policeman 

DISCUSSION
Importance? 8.60000 Average

FAMILY
Son Herbert C. Pell III 0000-
Grandson H. Claiborne "Clay" Pell 1981-
Father Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr. 1884-1961

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  11/06/1990 RI US Senate Won 61.83% (+23.67%)
  11/06/1984 RI US Senate Won 72.55% (+45.11%)
  11/07/1978 RI US Senate Won 75.11% (+50.22%)
  09/12/1978 RI US Senate- D Primary Won 87.01% (+79.43%)
  11/07/1972 RI US Senate Won 53.68% (+7.97%)
  07/13/1972 US Vice President - D Convention Lost 0.10% (-58.97%)
  11/08/1966 RI US Senate Won 67.66% (+35.32%)
  11/08/1960 RI US Senate Won 68.90% (+37.79%)
  09/28/1960 RI US Senate - D Primary Won 61.33% (+28.21%)
ENDORSEMENTS
U.S. Surgeon General - Sep 07, 1993 D M. Joycelyn Elders
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 03, 1993 D Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 15, 1991 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 02, 1990 R David Souter
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Feb 03, 1988 R Anthony M. Kennedy
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 23, 1987 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Sep 17, 1986 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 17, 1986 R Antonin Scalia
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 R Sandra Day O'Connor
RI US President - D Primary - Jun 01, 1976 D Frank Church
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 R John Paul Stevens
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 R William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 D Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 R Harry Blackmun
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 30, 1967 D Thurgood Marshall