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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | James M. Tunnell |
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Georgetown, Delaware , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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August 02, 1879
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| Died | November 14, 1957
(78 years)
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| Contributor | *crickets chirp* |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
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| Info | Senator from Delaware; born in Clarksville, Sussex County, Del., August 2, 1879; attended the public schools; graduated from Franklin College (now combined with Muskingum College at New Concord, Ohio) in 1900; taught in the public schools, advancing to principal of schools at Frankford, Selbyville, and Ocean View, Del., 1903-1907; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced practice in Georgetown, Del.; president of the board of education of Georgetown, Del., 1919-1932; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1924; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1940 and served from January 3, 1941, to January 3, 1947; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946; chairman, Committee on Pensions (Seventy-eighth and Seventy-ninth Congresses); banker; owned and operated a number of farms in Sussex County, Del.; died in Philadelphia, Pa., November 14, 1957; interment in Blackwater Church Cemetery, near Clarksville, Del.
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