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Affiliation | Democratic |
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Name | James O. Eastland |
Address | Doddsville, Mississippi , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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November 28, 1904
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Died | February 19, 1986
(81 years)
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Contributor | RP |
Last Modifed | RBH Feb 22, 2022 05:12pm |
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Info | James Oliver "Jim" Eastland
born in Doddsville, Sunflower County, Miss., November 28, 1904; moved with his parents to Forest, Miss., in 1905; attended the public schools, the University of Mississippi at Oxford, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1927 and commenced practice in Forest, Miss.; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; member, State house of representatives 1928-1932; moved to Ruleville, Miss., in 1934; appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Pat Harrison and served from June 30, 1941, to September 28, 1941; was not a candidate for election to the vacancy; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1942; reelected in 1948, 1954, 1960, 1966, and again in 1972 and served from January 3, 1943, until his resignation December 27, 1978; was not a candidate for reelection in 1978; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Ninety-second through the Ninety-fifth Congresses; chairman, Committee on the Judiciary (Eighty-fourth through Ninety-fifth Congresses; was a resident of Doddsville, Miss., until his death February 19, 1986; interment in Forest Cemetery, Forest, Miss.
1st cousin of the late former Doddsville Mayor Hiram C. Eastland, Sr.
Cousin of Hiram C. Eastland, Jr.-D.
Cousin of Hiram C. Eastland, III-D.
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MS Governor - D Primary - Aug 07, 1979 |
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Jim Herring |
US President - D Primaries - Jul 01, 1976 |
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Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. |
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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Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr. |
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