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Affiliation | Democratic |
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Name | John C. Stennis |
Address | DeKalb, Mississippi , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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August 03, 1901
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Died | April 23, 1995
(93 years)
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Contributor | RP |
Last Modifed | RBH May 25, 2016 12:15am |
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Freemason - Presbyterian -
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Info | born near De Kalb, Kemper County, Miss., August 3, 1901; attended the county schools; graduated, Mississippi State College 1923; graduated, University of Virginia Law School 1928; admitted to the bar in 1928 and commenced practice in De Kalb, Miss.; member, State house of representatives 1928-1932; district prosecuting attorney 1932-1937; circuit judge 1937-1947; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate on November 4, 1947, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Theodore G. Bilbo and served from November 5, 1947, to January 3, 1953; reelected in 1952, 1958, 1964, 1970, 1976, and again in 1982 for the term ending January 3, 1989; not a candidate for reelection in 1988; President pro tempore of the Senate during the One-hundredth Congress; chairman, Select Committee on Standards and Conduct (Eighty-ninth through Ninety-third Congresses), Committee on Armed Services (Ninety-first through Ninety-sixth Congresses), Committee on Appropriations (One Hundredth Congress); was a resident of Starkville, Mississippi, and later, Madison, Mississippi, until his death in Jackson, April 23, 1995; interment in Pinecrest Cemetery, DeKalb, Mississippi.
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MS US Senate- D Primary - Mar 08, 1988 |
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Wayne Dowdy |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Feb 03, 1988 |
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Anthony M. Kennedy |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 23, 1987 |
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Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Sep 17, 1986 |
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William H. Rehnquist |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 17, 1986 |
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Antonin Scalia |
MS District 2 - D Primary - Jun 03, 1986 |
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Mike Espy |
US Ambassador to Germany - Jul 18, 1985 |
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Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 |
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Sandra Day O'Connor |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 |
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John Paul Stevens |
US Secretary of the Interior - Jun 11, 1975 |
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Stanley K. Hathaway |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 |
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William H. Rehnquist |
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Harry Blackmun |
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US President National Vote - Nov 03, 1964 |
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US Secretary of Commerce - Jun 18, 1959 |
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