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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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1987-01-01 |
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| Name | John C. Stennis |
| Address |
DeKalb, Mississippi , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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August 03, 1901
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| Died | April 23, 1995
(93 years)
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Mar 29, 2024 01:46am |
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Freemason - Presbyterian -
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| Info | STENNIS, John Cornelius, a Senator from Mississippi; born near De Kalb, Kemper County, Miss., August 3, 1901; attended the county schools; graduated, Mississippi State College 1923; graduated, University of Virginia Law School 1928; admitted to the bar in 1928 and commenced practice in De Kalb, Miss.; member, State house of representatives 1928-1932; district prosecuting attorney 1932-1937; circuit judge 1937-1947; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in a special election on November 4, 1947, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Theodore G. Bilbo and served from November 5, 1947, to January 3, 1953; reelected in 1952, 1958, 1964, 1970, 1976 and 1982 for the term ending January 3, 1989; was not a candidate for reelection in 1988; President pro tempore of the Senate during the One Hundredth Congress; chairman, Select Committee on Standards and Conduct (Eighty-ninth through Ninety-third Congresses), Committee on Armed Services (Ninety-first through Ninety-sixth Congresses), Committee on Appropriations (One Hundredth Congress); was a resident of Starkville, Miss., and later, Madison, Miss., until his death in Jackson, April 23, 1995; interment in Pinecrest Cemetery, DeKalb, Miss.
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| ENDORSEMENTS |
| MS US Senate- D Primary - Mar 08, 1988 |
D |
Wayne Dowdy |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Feb 03, 1988 |
R |
Anthony M. Kennedy |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 23, 1987 |
NPA |
Reject |
| Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Sep 17, 1986 |
R |
William H. Rehnquist |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 17, 1986 |
R |
Antonin Scalia |
| MS District 2 - D Primary - Jun 03, 1986 |
D |
Mike Espy |
| US Ambassador to Germany - Jul 18, 1985 |
NPA |
Reject |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 |
R |
Sandra Day O'Connor |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 |
R |
John Paul Stevens |
| US Secretary of the Interior - Jun 11, 1975 |
R |
Stanley K. Hathaway |
| 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 |
R |
G. Harrold Carswell |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 |
R |
Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr. |
| Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 |
R |
Warren E. Burger |
| US President National Vote - Nov 03, 1964 |
R |
Barry M. Goldwater |
| US Secretary of Commerce - Jun 18, 1959 |
R |
Lewis L. Strauss |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 14, 1958 |
NPA |
Reject |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Mar 17, 1955 |
NPA |
Reject |
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