Home About Chat Users Issues Party Candidates Polling Firms Media News Polls Calendar Key Races United States President Senate House Governors International

New User Account
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource." 
Email: Password:

  McGee, Gale W.
CANDIDATE DETAILS
AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NameGale W. McGee
Address
Laramie, Wyoming , United States
EmailNone
WebsiteNone
Born March 17, 1915
DiedApril 09, 1992 (77 years)
ContributorRP
Last ModifedRBH
Feb 22, 2022 07:46pm
Tags Presbyterian -
InfoGale William McGee
a Senator from Wyoming; born in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebr., March 17, 1915; attended public schools; graduated from Nebraska State Teachers College at Wayne in 1936, University of Colorado at Boulder in 1939; earned a graduate degree from the University of Chicago in 1947; professor of American history at Crofton (Nebr.) High School 1936-1937, Kearney (Nebr.) High School 1937-1940, Nebraska Wesleyan University 1940-1943, Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts 1943-1944, University of Notre Dame 1944-1945, University of Chicago 1945-1946, and University of Wyoming 1946-1958; legislative assistant to Senator Joseph C. O’Mahoney of Wyoming in 1955 and 1956; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1958; reelected in 1964 and 1970 and served from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1977; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976; chairman, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (Ninety-first through Ninety-fourth Congresses); specialized in problems of appropriations and foreign relations and served on subcommittees in these areas; representative to the Organization of American States; president and founder of Gale W. McGee Associates, Washington, D.C.; senior consultant, Hill and Knowlton, Inc. 1987-1989; was a resident of Bethesda, Md., until his death on April 9, 1992; interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

[Link]

JOB APPROVAL POLLS

BOOKS
Title Purchase Contributor

EVENTS
Start Date End Date Type Title Contributor

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor

DISCUSSION
Importance? 7.66670 Average

FAMILY

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  03/30/1977 US Ambassador to the Organization of American States Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/02/1976 WY US Senate Lost 45.41% (-9.17%)
  11/03/1970 WY US Senate Won 55.78% (+11.56%)
  08/18/1970 WY US Senate- D Primary Won 79.60% (+59.19%)
  11/03/1964 WY US Senate Won 53.99% (+7.98%)
  08/18/1964 WY US Senate- D Primary Won 89.62% (+79.23%)
  11/04/1958 WY US Senate Won 50.84% (+1.68%)
  08/19/1958 WY US Senate- D Primary Won 59.53% (+19.06%)
ENDORSEMENTS
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 R John Paul Stevens
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 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