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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Harrison A. Williams |
| Address |
Bedminster, New Jersey , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
December 10, 1919 |
| Died |
November 17, 2001
(81 years) |
| Contributor | *crickets chirp* |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Feb 22, 2022 06:01pm |
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Married - Cancer - Navy - Presbyterian -
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| Info | Harrison Arlington "Pete" Williams, Jr.
Representative and a Senator from New Jersey; born in Plainfield, Union County, N.J., December 10, 1919; attended the public schools; graduated from Oberlin College in 1941; engaged in newspaper work in Washington, D.C., and studied at Georgetown University Foreign Service School until called to active duty as a seaman in the United States Naval Reserve in 1941; became a naval aviator and was discharged as a lieutenant (jg.) in 1945; employed in the steel industry for a short time, entered Columbia University Law School, graduating in 1948; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New Hampshire in 1948; returned to Plainfield, N.J., in 1949 and continued to practice law; was an unsuccessful candidate for the State house of assembly in 1951 and for city councilman in 1952; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Clifford Case; reelected to the Eighty-fourth Congress and served from November 3, 1953, to January 3, 1957; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress; elected to the United States Senate in 1958; reelected in 1964, 1970, and again in 1976 and served from January 3, 1959, until his resignation March 11, 1982; chairman, Special Committee on Aging (Ninetieth and Ninety-first Congresses), Committee on Labor and Public Welfare (Ninety-second through Ninety-fifth Congresses), Committee on Human Resources (Ninety-fifth Congress), Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Ninety-sixth Congress); one of the congressional targets in the government operation known as �ABSCAM� and was convicted of charges related to this effort; during Senate proceedings on an expulsion motion, he resigned his seat; was a resident of Bedminster, N.J.; died on November 17, 2001.
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| U.S. Surgeon General - Nov 16, 1981 |
NPA |
Reject |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 |
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Sandra Day O'Connor |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 |
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John Paul Stevens |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 |
NPA |
Reject |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 |
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Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 |
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Harry Blackmun |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 |
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Reject |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 |
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Reject |
| Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 |
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Warren E. Burger |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 30, 1967 |
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Thurgood Marshall |
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