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1983-01-01 |
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| Name | Jennings Randolph |
| Address |
Elkins, West Virginia , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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March 08, 1902
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| Died | May 08, 1998
(96 years)
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | born in Salem, Harrison County, W.Va., March 8, 1902; attended the public schools; graduated from the Salem (W.Va.) Academy in 1920 and Salem (W.Va.) College in 1924; engaged in newspaper work in Clarksburg, W.Va., in 1924; associate editor of West Virginia Review at Charleston in 1925; head of the department of public speaking and journalism at Davis and Elkins College at Elkins, W.Va., 1926-1932; trustee of Salem College and Davis and Elkins College; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress; chairman, Committee on the District of Columbia (Seventy-sixth through Seventy-ninth Congresses), Committee on Civil Service (Seventy-ninth Congress); professor of public speaking at Southeastern University, Washington, D.C., 1935-1953, and dean of School of Business Administration 1952-1958; assistant to president and director of public relations, Capital Airlines, Washington, D.C., February 1947-April 1958; elected in 1958 as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Matthew M. Neely; reelected in 1960, 1966, 1972, and again in 1978, and served from November 5, 1958, to January 3, 1985; did not seek reelection; chairman, Committee on Public Works (Eighty-ninth through Ninety-fifth Congresses), Committee on Environment and Public Works (Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Congresses); died May 8, 1998 in St. Louis, Missouri.
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| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 |
R |
Sandra Day O'Connor |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 |
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John Paul Stevens |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 |
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William H. Rehnquist |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 |
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Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. |
| Nobel Peace Prize - Oct 10, 1971 |
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Cyrus Eaton |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 |
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Harry Blackmun |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 |
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G. Harrold Carswell |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 |
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Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr. |
| Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 |
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Warren E. Burger |
| Nobel Peace Prize - Oct 10, 1968 |
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Cyrus Eaton |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 30, 1967 |
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Thurgood Marshall |
| Nobel Peace Prize - Oct 10, 1964 |
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Cyrus Eaton |
| US Ambassador to Brazil - Apr 28, 1959 |
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