Harry Flood Byrd, Jr. papers, [1920?], 1960, 1966, 1982-2005.

Lieberman, Joseph I. (Joseph Isadore), 1942-2024

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Joseph Isadore Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is an American politician, lobbyist, and attorney who served as a United States Senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was its nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 2000 election. During his final term in office, he was officially listed as an independent Democrat and caucused with and chaired committees for the Democratic Party. A graduate of Yale University and Yale Law School...

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

Bentsen, Lloyd

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Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, U.S. Senator and Representative, businessman, Texas county judge, and decorated World War Two veteran, was born in Mission, Texas, on February 11, 1921. He ran for Vice-President of the United States in 1988 on the Democratic ticket with then Massachusettes governor Michael Dukakis. He served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1994. Bentsen kept up a full schedule until 19...

Leahy, Patrick J. (Patrick Joseph), 1940-

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Patrick Joseph Leahy (born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party, he has represented Vermont in the U.S. Senate since 1975. Leahy has twice served as president pro tempore of the United States Senate, from December 2012 until January 2015 and since January 2021. The dean of the state's congressional delegation, Leahy is Vermont's longest-serving U.S. Senator, as well as the only Democrat ever elected to the U.S. Senate from Vermont. Born in M...

Hatch, Orrin, 1934-

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Orrin Grant Hatch (born March 22, 1934) is an American attorney, retired politician, and composer. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Utah from 1977 to 2019. He is the longest-serving Republican U.S. Senator in history and the longest-serving U.S. Senator from Utah. Born in Homestead Park, Pennsylvania, he received early education in the public schools of Pittsburgh before earning a B.A. from Brigham Young University and a J.D. from the University of P...

Specter, Arlen, 1930-2012

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Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician. Originally a member of the Democratic Party, Specter became a Republican to successfully run for District Attorney of Philadelphia, serving in that office from 1966 to 1974. In 1980, Specter was elected to the first of five terms in the U.S. Senate representing Pennsylvania. In 2009, Specter re-joined the Democratic Party. He is the longest-serving senator from Pennsylvania, having represented the...

Cohen, William S. (William Sebastian), 1940-

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William Sebastian Cohen (born August 28, 1940) is an American politician, lawyer and author. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Maine's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979, as U.S. Senator from Maine from 1979 to 1997, and as Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001. Born in Bangor, Maine, he attended public schools there, graduating from Bangor High School before earning a B.A. from Bowdoin College and an ...

Byrd, Robert C. (Robert Carlyle), 1917-2010

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In every corner of West Virginia, the people of the Mountain State knew that there was one man on whom they could always depend: U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd. He always remained true to his faith and his family, while he worked to build a better future for his state and his country. In the Senate, Robert Byrd worked for the people — better jobs; health care that is affordable and close to home; a good future for our children and grandchildren. Each day in the Senate, Robert Byrd focused on bui...

Inouye, Daniel K., 1924-2012

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Daniel K. Inouye (b. September 7, 1924 – d. December 17, 2012) was a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1963 to 2012. He was a member of the Democratic Party and served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate from 2010 until his death. He also served as chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations. During World War II, Inouye served as part of the 442nd Infantry Regiment and lost his right arm to a grenade wound. He received several military decorations, including ...

Allen, Maryon Pittman, 1925-2018

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Maryon Pittman Allen (November 30, 1925 – July 23, 2018) was an American journalist who served as United States Senator from Alabama for five months in 1978, after her husband, Senator James B. Allen, died in office. She held no public office prior to her appointed to her husband's old senate seat. Born in Meridian, Mississippi as Maryon Pittman, her family moved to Birmingham, Alabama the following year, where she grew up and attended public school. From 1944 to 1947, she studied journalism ...

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

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George Walker Bush was born July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut, the first son of future President George Herbert Walker Bush and his wife Barbara (Pierce) Bush. George W. Bush served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He was also the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. Bush earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale University in 1968. After college, Bush enlisted in the Air National Guard, serving in Texas and Alabama until his discharge in November 19...

Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

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Gerald Rudolph Ford, the 38th President of the United States, was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., the son of Leslie Lynch King and Dorothy Ayer Gardner King, on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents separated two weeks after his birth, and his mother took him to Grand Rapids, Michigan, to live with her parents. On February 1, 1916, approximately two years after her divorce was final, Dorothy King married Gerald R. Ford, a Grand Rapids paint salesman. The Fords began calling her son Gerald ...

Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998

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George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998) was an American politician who served as the 45th Governor of Alabama for four terms. He is best remembered for his staunch segregationist and populist views. During his tenure, he promoted "low-grade industrial development, low taxes, and trade schools". He sought the United States presidency as a Democrat three times, and once as an American Independent Party candidate, unsuccessfully each time. Wallace notoriously opposed deseg...

Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003

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James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American military officer and politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator from South Carolina. He ran for president in 1948 as the Dixiecrat candidate on a States' rights platform supporting racial segregation. He received 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes, failing to defeat Harry Truman. Thurmond represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 until 2003, at first as a Southern De...

Roberts, Cokie, 1943-2019

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Cokie Roberts (b. Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs, December 27, 1943, New Orleans, LA-d. September 17, 2019, Washington, D.C.) was a journalist. Her parents were Lindy Boggs and Hale Boggs, each of whom served for decades as Democratic members of the House of Representatives from Louisiana. Roberts began working for National Public Radio (NPR) in 1978, where she was the congressional correspondent for more than ten years; she has been called one of the "founding mothers of NPR". She...

Kilpatrick, James Jackson, 1920-2010

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Editor of Richmond News Leader, television commentator, author, syndicated newspaper columnist. From the description of Papers of James J. Kilpatrick, 1972-1997. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53046447 Newspaper editor, author, political commentator. From the description of A conservative view [manuscript], 1986-1987. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823272 From the description of A conservative view, 1966 January to Septem...

Hatfield, Mark O., 1922-2011

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Governor of the State of Oregon, 1959-1967. From the description of Selected speeches and other public statements 1959-1967. 1959-1967. (Willamette University). WorldCat record id: 21489565 Mark Odom Hatfield (b. 1922) served as an Oregon state representative from 1951 to 1955; Oregon state senator from 1955 to 1957; Oregon secretary of state from 1957 to 1959; governor of Oregon from 1959 to 1967; and U.S. senator from Oregon beginning 1967. From the description...

Batten, Frank, 1927-2009

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Broder, David S.

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David Salzer Broder (b. 1929, Chicago, Illinois), journalist and political columnist, wrote for the following journals and papers: Congressional Quarterly (1955-60), Washington Star (1960-65), New York Times (1965-66), and the Washington Post (1966-). Broder is the author of The Party's Over (1972), The Changing of the Guard (1980) and Behind the Front Page (1987). From the description of Broder, David S. (David Salzer), 1929- (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId...

Saunier, Paul Pierre, 1919,

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Domenici, Pete

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Grimsley, Edward

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Journalist of Richmond, Va. From the description of Papers of Edward Grimsley [manuscript] 1959-69. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647929560 Richmond Times-Dispatch columnist and editor; adjunct journalism professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. From the description of Papers of Edward Grimsley,1961-1997. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 56528456 ...

Murphy, W. Tayloe (William Tayloe), 1901-

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Helms, Jesse

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Godwin, Mills E. (Mills Edwin), 1914-1999

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Mills Edwin Godwin, Jr. was born 19 November 1914 in Nansemond County, Va. He graduated from the College of William and Mary and received his law degree from the University of Virginia. Godwin married Katherine Thomas Beale. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates, the Virginia State Senate, as lieutenant governor and and as governor for two terms. Godwin switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party between his two gubernatorial terms. He doubled aid for education, began the c...

Armstrong, William W. (William Ward), 1937-

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Coverdell, Paul Douglas, 1939-2000

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Paul Douglas Coverdell (1939- ), Georgia Senator (1971-1989), U.S. Peace Corps Director (1989-1991), and U.S. Senator (1993- ), born in Des Moines, Iowa. From the description of Paul D. Coverdell oral history interviews, 1989 Mar. 4 and 10. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38477626 Paul D. Coverdell (1939-2000), business owner; Republican, Georgia State Senate; Peace Corp Director; Republican, United States Senate. From the description of Paul D. C...

Cochran, George Moffett, 1912-

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Sabato, Larry

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Professor of Government at the University of Virginia. From the description of Oral history interview of Larry Sabato by Helen M. Troy [manuscript], August 15, 1975. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920539 ...

Hansen, Clifford P. (Clifford Peter), 1912-2009

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Senator, governor. From the description of Reminiscences of Clifford Peter Hansen : oral history, 1966. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122632019 Clifford P. Hansen was born October 16, 1912. He grew up in Jackson Hole, WY. He received a bachelor's in animal science from the University of Wyoming in 1934. The same year he married Martha Close, whom he was married to for 75 years until his death. From 1943-1966 he was a Teton County commissi...

Hollings, Ernest F., 1922-....

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Rowe, Sandra Mims,

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Long, Russell B.

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Russell Billiu Long served in the United States Senate from Louisiana for 38 years. Son of Louisiana governor and senator, Huey Pierce Long, and nephew of three-time Louisiana governor, Earl Kemp Long, Russell Long was elected to the U.S. Senate seven times, retiring from public office in January 1987. From the description of Russell B. Long photograph, circa 1950s. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 190570382 From the description of Russell B. Long papers, 18...

Huddleston, Walter D. (Walter Darlington), 1926-

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Wallop, Malcolm

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Malcolm Wallop was United States Senator from Wyoming from 1977-1995. He was born in New York City in 1933 and later attended public schools in Cody, Wyoming, and the Cate School in California. He graduated from Yale University in 1954 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Wallop authored the 1977 Wallop Amendment to the Surface Mining Act, helped to establish more state control of natural resources, reduced income taxation, established greater 5th Amendment protection for private property owners, and...

Bemiss, Fitzgerald, 1922-

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Chairman of Virginia Commission of Outdoor Recreation, and member of Virginia Tax Study Commission and Virginia Governor's Council on the Environment. From the description of Papers : of Fitzgerald Bemiss, 1958-1978. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793684 State legislator from Richmond, Va. From the description of Papers, 1952-1978. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 29631119 ...

Allen, George, 1952-

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Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966

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Theodore Roosevelt Dalton was born 3 July 1901 in Carroll County, Virginia, the son of Currell and Lodoska Maritn Dalton. he received his B.A. from the College of William and Mary as well as his law degree. Dalton was Commonwealth's Attorney for Radford, Virginia and state senator from 1944-1960. He was the Republican Party candidate for governor in 1953 and 1957. Dalton was appointed federal judge for the Western District of Virginia. His adopted son was John N. Dalton who served as governor of...

Tuck, William M. (William Munford), 1896-1983

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William Munford Tuck was born 28 September 1896 in Halifax County, Virginia, to William Robert James Tuck (1863-1930) and Virginia Susan Fitts Tuck (1860-1909). He was the grandson of the William Munford Tuck (1832-1899) of the biographical sketch he wrote. Tuck attended the College of William and Mary, but left to enlist in the United States Marine Corps during World War I. After the War he returned to Virginia and graduated from Washington and Lee University. He returned to Halifax County and ...

Downing, Thomas N.

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Downing represented the first district of Virginia in the 86th through 94th Congresses; served on several House committees including the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and its Subcommittee on Merchant Marine; and served on the board of directors for the Mariners Museum since 1979. From the description of Papers : of Thomas N. Downing, 1959-1976. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 30820802 Thomas N. Downing served Virginia's First Dis...

Stevens, Ted

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Cochran, Thad

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Smith, Howard K. (Howard Kingsbury), 1914-2002

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Journalist. From the description of Reminiscences of Howard Kingsbury Smith : oral history, 1968. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122376596 Dr. Howard "Ted" Smith was a professor of management on the faculty of the University of Georgia's College of Business Administration from 1946 to 1983. In the early 1980's, when many components of the University of Georgia were writing their histories in anticipation of the institution's Bicentennial (...

Simon, Paul, 1928-2003

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U.S. Senator, Congressman, presidential candidate, Illinois lieutenant governor and member of the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois State Senate, author. Bought a newspaper in Troy, Ill. when he was 19 and eventually owned 14 newspapers. Authored books on Elijah Lovejoy and Abraham Lincoln as well as issues like world hunger and the environment. After retiring from the senate he founded the Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale where he taught and con...

McDowell, Charles P.

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Thompson, Fred, 1942 August 19-

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Buckley, James Lane, 1923-....

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Civil War private, 53rd Illinois Infantry, Company K, from Ottawa, Illinois. From the description of Diary, 1864 July 11-August 7. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27819358 Buckley was a N.Y. Senator and member of the Senate Committee on Public Works in 1973. From the description of TLsS, 1973-1976 : Washington, D.C. to Schuyler Tallman. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 46956670 United States Senato...

Byrd, Harry F., Jr. (Harry Flood), 1914-2013

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U.S. Senator from Virginia. From the description of Harry Flood Byrd, Jr. papers, [1920?], 1960, 1966, 1982-2005. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 77129822 From the description of Photographs of Harry Flood Byrd, Jr. [manuscript[], circa 1906-1968, 2005. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647991031 From the description of Harry Flood Byrd, Jr., papers [manuscript, 1966-1970. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 77128978 U.S....

Ventura, Jesse

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Nunn, Sam,

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Byrd, Richard Evelyn Jr., 1888-1957

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Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. Byrd claimed that his ex...

Cooke, John Warren, 1915-

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Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. From the description of Papers of John Warren Cooke, 1972-1979 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647827905 ...

Shenandoah Military Academy

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Ashcroft, John D.,, 1942-....

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Casteen, John Thomas

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President of the University of Virginia. From the description of Oral history interview of John Thomas Casteen by Lisa G. Guernsey [manuscript], May 3, 1993. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647919946 ...

Andrews, Hunter B.,

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Goode, Virgil H. (Virgil Hamlin), 1946-

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Pollard, Fred G., 1918-

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Gilmore, James S. (James Stuart), 1949-

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Volcker, Paul Adolph Jr., 1927-2019

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Paul Adolph Volcker Jr. (/ˈvoʊlkər/; September 5, 1927 – December 8, 2019) was an American economist. He served two terms as the 12th Chair of the Federal Reserve under U.S. presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan from August 1979 to August 1987. He is widely credited with having ended the high levels of inflation seen in the United States during the 1970s and early 1980s. He was the chairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board under President Barack Obama from February 2009 until January ...

Lugar, Richard 1932-

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Bryan, D. Tennant (David Tennant), 1906-1998

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Wolf, Frank R.,

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Mansfield, Michael Joseph "Mike", 1903-2001

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Mike Mansfield Quiet Leadership in Troubled Times On March 24, 1998, Mike Mansfield returned to the Senate to deliver the first Leader's Lecture in the Old Senate Chamber, which had been restored during his long tenure as Senate majority leader. Many of the senators who attended had not served with Mansfield. He was 95 years old, but stood straight and spoke forthrightly. In reflecting on Senate leadership, he chose to deliver a speech that he had planned to give on November 22, 1963, but ...

Greenspan, Alan, 1926-

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Laxalt, Paul, 1922-2018

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Rehnquist, William H., 1924-2005

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Associate justice, 1972-1986, and chief justice, 1986-2005, United States Supreme Court. From the description of William H. Rehnquist papers, 1947-2005. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864782 Biography Born on 1 October 1924 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, William Hubbs Rehnquist served in the Army Air Corps in North Africa during World War II. Once the war ended he attended Stanford University where he received a B.A. in poli...

Bennett, Robert F.,

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Obermayer, Herman J.,

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