Everett McKinley Dirksen was an American politician. A Republican,he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. As Senate Minority Leader from 1959 until his death in 1969,he played a highly visible and key role in the politics of the 1960s. He helped write and pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968,both landmark pieces of legislation during the civil rights movement. He was also one of the Senate's strongest supporters of the Vietnam War. A talented orator with a florid style and a notably rich baritone voice,he delivered flamboyant speeches that caused his detractors to refer to him as "The Wizard of Ooze".
Albert Arnold Gore,Sr. was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1953 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as a U.S. Representative from the state's 4th congressional district from 1939 to 1953. He was the father of Al Gore,who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 until 2001,and held Tennessee's other U.S. Senate seat from 1985 to 1993. A native of Granville,Tennessee,Gore graduated from Middle Tennessee State Teachers College and taught school. From 1932 to 1936 he was superintendent of schools for Smith County. He attended the Nashville Y.M.C.A. Night Law School,now the Nashville School of Law,from which he graduated in 1936.
John Sherman Cooper was an American politician,jurist,and diplomat from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He served three non-consecutive,partial terms in the United States Senate before being elected to two full terms in 1960 and 1966. He also served as U.S. Ambassador to India from 1955 to 1956 and U.S. Ambassador to East Germany from 1974 to 1976. He was the first Republican to be popularly elected to more than one term as a senator from Kentucky and,in both 1960 and 1966,he set records for the largest victory margin for a Kentucky senatorial candidate from either party.
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. The bill was passed by the 85th United States Congress and signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on September 9,1957.
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1959 and in the U.S. Senate,from 1959 to 1977. He served as Senate Minority Leader from 1969 to 1977.
Rogers Clark Ballard Morton was an American politician who served as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Commerce during the administrations of presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford,respectively. He also served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland.
George David Aiken was an American politician and horticulturist. A member of the Republican Party,he was the 64th governor of Vermont (1937–1941) before serving in the United States Senate for 34 years,from 1941 to 1975. At the time of his retirement,he was the most senior member of the Senate,something which would be repeated by his immediate successor Patrick Leahy.
Marlow Webster Cook was an American politician who served Kentucky in the United States Senate from his appointment in December 1968 to his resignation in December 1974. He was a moderate Republican.
The 1968 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate which coincided with the presidential election of the same year. Although Richard Nixon won the presidential election narrowly,the Republicans picked up five net seats in the Senate. Republicans would gain another seat after the election when Alaska Republican Ted Stevens was appointed to replace Democrat Bob Bartlett.
John James "Whispering Willie" Williams was an American businessman and politician from Millsboro,Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party and served four terms as U.S. senator from Delaware from 1947 to 1970.
The 88th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government,composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington,D.C.,from January 3,1963,to January 3,1965,during the final months of the presidency of John F. Kennedy,and the first years of the presidency of his successor,Lyndon B. Johnson. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1960 United States census,and the number of members was again 435.
Frank Welsh Burke was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky from 1959 to 1963 and as Mayor of Louisville,Kentucky from 1969 to 1973.
Milton Ruben Young was an American politician,most notable for representing North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1945 until 1981. At the time of his retirement,he was the most senior Republican in the Senate.
Earle Chester Clements was an American farmer and politician. He represented the Commonwealth of Kentucky in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and was its 47th Governor,serving from 1947 to 1950. For three decades,he was the leader of a faction of the state's Democratic Party that stood in opposition to the faction led by two-time governor and senator A. B. "Happy" Chandler.
John Marshall Robsion Jr. was an American Republican politician who served as a United States representative from Kentucky from 1953 to 1959 and was the Republican nominee for Governor of Kentucky in 1959.
George Meader was a Republican politician from the US state of Michigan.
William Moore McCulloch was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Republican U.S. Representative for Ohio's 4th congressional district from 1947 to 1973.
Frank Leslie Chelf was a United States representative from Kentucky. He was born on a farm near Elizabethtown,Kentucky. He graduated from Masonic Home High School and lived at the Masonic Widows and Orphans Home in Louisville,KY. He attended the public schools as well as Centre College at Danville,Kentucky and St. Mary's College. He graduated from Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University,Lebanon,Tennessee in 1931 and was admitted to the bar in 1931 and commenced practice in Lebanon,Kentucky. He served as an attorney of Marion County,Kentucky 1933–1944.
Samuel Thruston Ballard was an American politician,philanthropist,and miller,who served as the 33rd Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1919 to 1923,under Governor Edwin P. Morrow.
The 1962 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 6,1962. Incumbent Republican Senator Thruston Ballard Morton won re-election to a second term.
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