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  Magnuson, Warren G.
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AffiliationDemocratic  
  1930-01-01  
 
NameWarren G. Magnuson
Address
Seattle, Washington , United States
EmailNone
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Born April 12, 1905
DiedMay 20, 1989 (84 years)
ContributorRalphie
Last ModifedRBH
Feb 22, 2022 07:33pm
Tags Norwegian - Divorced - Married - Single - Lutheran -
Infoborn in Moorhead, Clay County, Minn., April 12, 1905; attended the public schools, the University of North Dakota at Grand Forks and North Dakota State College; graduated from the University of Washington in 1926, and from the law school in 1929; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Seattle, Wash.; secretary of the Seattle Municipal League in 1930 and 1931; served as special prosecuting attorney of King County, Wash., in 1931; member, State house of representatives 1933-1934; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1933; served in the United States Navy during the Second World War attaining rank of lieutenant commander; United States district attorney in 1934 and prosecuting attorney of King County, Wash., 1934-1936; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1937, until his resignation on December 13, 1944; appointed to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Homer T. Bone, and served from December 14, 1944, to January 3, 1945; elected in 1944 for the term commencing January 3, 1945; reelected in 1950, 1956, 1962, 1968, and again in 1974, and served from December 14, 1944, to January 3, 1981; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Ninety-sixth Congress; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1980; chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Eighty-fourth through Eighty-seventh Congresses), Committee on Commerce (Eighty-eighth through Ninety-fifth Congresses), Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (Ninety-fifth Congress), Committee on Appropriations (Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Congresses); resumed the practice of law; died in Seattle, Wash., May 20, 1989; interment in Acacia Memorial Park.


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Apr 14, 2005 08:00am Opinion Warren Magnuson was one of a kind  Article Ralphie 

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Importance? 7.83330 Average

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RACES
  12/06/1980 President Pro Tempore Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/04/1980 WA US Senate Lost 45.83% (-8.35%)
  09/16/1980 WA US Senate - Blanket Primary Won 36.57% (+3.66%)
  01/03/1979 President Pro Tempore Won 58.59% (+17.17%)
  11/05/1974 WA US Senate Won 60.70% (+24.63%)
  09/17/1974 WA US Senate - Blanket Primary Won 59.84% (+38.31%)
  11/05/1968 WA US Senate Won 64.41% (+29.15%)
  09/17/1968 WA US Senate - Blanket Primary Won 54.21% (+23.57%)
  11/06/1962 WA US Senate Won 52.09% (+4.79%)
  09/18/1962 WA US Senate - Blanket Primary Won 54.32% (+19.78%)
  11/06/1956 WA US Senate Won 61.09% (+22.18%)
  07/26/1952 US Vice President - D Convention Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
  11/07/1950 WA US Senate Won 53.40% (+7.42%)
  09/12/1950 WA US Senate - Blanket Primary Won 46.37% (+28.08%)
  12/13/1944 WA US Senate Appoinment Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/07/1944 WA US Senate Won 55.13% (+10.69%)
  07/11/1944 WA US Senate - Blanket Primary Won 34.86% (+15.06%)
  11/03/1942 WA District 1 Won 65.49% (+31.41%)
  11/05/1940 WA District 1 Won 61.58% (+23.17%)
  11/08/1938 WA District 1 Won 61.72% (+23.44%)
  11/03/1936 WA District 1 Won 63.71% (+27.68%)
  09/08/1936 WA District 1 - Blanket Primary Won 33.16% (+21.64%)
ENDORSEMENTS
WA Governor - Blanket Primary - Sep 21, 1976 D Dixy Lee Ray
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 R John Paul Stevens
Secretary of Housing & Urban Development - Mar 09, 1975 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 NPA Reject
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 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 R Warren E. Burger
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 30, 1967 D Thurgood Marshall