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  Stennis, John C.
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AffiliationDemocratic  
<-  1987-01-01  
 
NameJohn C. Stennis
Address
DeKalb, Mississippi , United States
EmailNone
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Born August 03, 1901
DiedApril 23, 1995 (93 years)
ContributorRP
Last ModifedRBH
Mar 29, 2024 01:46am
Tags Freemason - Presbyterian -
InfoSTENNIS, John Cornelius, a Senator from Mississippi; 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 in a special election 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 1982 for the term ending January 3, 1989; was 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, Miss., and later, Madison, Miss., until his death in Jackson, April 23, 1995; interment in Pinecrest Cemetery, DeKalb, Miss.


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Importance? 9.00000 Average

FAMILY
Son John Hampton Stennis 1935-2013

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RACES
  01/03/1987 President Pro Tempore Won 55.00% (+10.00%)
  01/03/1985 President Pro Tempore Lost 47.00% (-6.00%)
  01/03/1983 President Pro Tempore Lost 46.00% (-8.00%)
  11/02/1982 MS US Senate Won 64.20% (+28.40%)
  06/01/1982 MS US Senate- D Primary Won 75.10% (+57.77%)
  01/03/1981 President Pro Tempore Lost 46.46% (-7.07%)
  11/02/1976 MS US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  06/01/1976 MS US Senate - D Primary Won 85.39% (+70.79%)
  11/03/1970 MS US Senate Won 88.40% (+76.81%)
  11/03/1964 MS US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  06/02/1964 MS US Senate - D Primary Won 97.36% (+94.73%)
  11/04/1958 MS US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/04/1952 MS US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/04/1947 MS US Senate - Special Election Won 26.88% (+3.27%)
ENDORSEMENTS
MS US Senate- D Primary - Mar 08, 1988 D Wayne Dowdy
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 R William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 17, 1986 R Antonin Scalia
MS District 2 - D Primary - Jun 03, 1986 D Mike Espy
US Ambassador to Germany - Jul 18, 1985 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 R Sandra Day O'Connor
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 R John Paul Stevens
US Secretary of the Interior - Jun 11, 1975 R Stanley K. Hathaway
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 - Apr 08, 1970 R G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 R Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr.
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 R Warren E. Burger
US President National Vote - Nov 03, 1964 R Barry M. Goldwater
US Secretary of Commerce - Jun 18, 1959 R Lewis L. Strauss
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 14, 1958 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Mar 17, 1955 NPA Reject