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1950 United States Senate Special Election In Connecticut
The 1950 United States Senate special election in Connecticut took place on November 7, 1950 in Connecticut, as part of the 1950 United States Senate elections, 1950 Senate elections. The incumbent Republican Party (US), Republican Senator Raymond E. Baldwin resigned on December 16, 1949, to accept appointment to the Connecticut Supreme Court, Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors. William Benton (politician), William Benton, the former Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, was appointed to the vacant seat. Benton defeated Prescott Bush in the special election by a margin of 1,102 votes, the closest Senate election of that year. In the concurrent 1950 United States Senate election in Connecticut, regular election, Brien McMahon won re-election by a margin of 5.1%. Benton would go on to lose election to a full term in the 1952 United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1952 regular election, while Bush would be elected to the other seat in the 1952 United States Senate sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
William Benton (politician)
William Burnett Benton (April 1, 1900 – March 18, 1973) was an American senator from Connecticut (1949–1953) and publisher of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (1943–1973). Early life Benton was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was educated at Shattuck Military Academy, Faribault, Minnesota, and Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota until 1918, at which point he matriculated at Yale University, where he contributed to campus humor magazine ''The Yale Record'' and was admitted to the Zeta Psi fraternity. Advertising and civic life He graduated in 1921 and began work for advertising agencies in New York City and Chicago until 1929, after which he co-founded Benton & Bowles with Chester Bowles in New York. He moved to Norwalk, Connecticut in 1932, and served as the part-time vice president of the University of Chicago from 1937 to 1945. In 1944, he had entered into unsuccessful negotiations with Walt Disney to make six to twelve educational films annually. Publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Brien McMahon
Brien McMahon (born James O'Brien McMahon) (October 6, 1903July 28, 1952) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States Senate (as a Democrat from Connecticut) from 1945 to 1952. McMahon was a major figure in the establishment of the Atomic Energy Commission, through his authorship of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 (the McMahon Act). McMahon served as chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Atomic Energy, and the first chairman of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. McMahon was a key figure in the early years of atomic weapons development and an advocate for the civilian (rather than military) control of nuclear development in the USA. Also, in 1952, McMahon proposed an "army" of young Americans to act as "missionaries of democracy", which sowed the seeds for what later became the Peace Corps. Early life and education McMahon was born in 1903 in Norwalk, Connecticut. McMahon graduated Fordham University in 1924 and then Yale Law School in 1927 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Special Elections To The 81st United States Congress
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1950 Connecticut Elections
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United States Senate Elections In Connecticut
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Charles Wilbert Snow
Charles Wilbert "Bill" Snow (April 6, 1884 – September 28, 1977) was an American poet, educator and politician. He served as the List of Governors of Connecticut, 75th Governor of Connecticut. He generally went by the name Wilbert or Bill Snow, or formally as C. Wilbert Snow. Early life Snow was born on Whitehead Island, Maine. He grew up in Whitehead Island and in neighboring Spruce Head Village. At the age of 14, Snow left school to become a lobster fisherman; he returned to school three years later after moving to Thomaston, Maine. After graduating, he began teaching in a one-room elementary school while studying at Bowdoin College. Bowdoin's President, William Dewitt Hyde helped Snow attain the scholarship he needed to finance his studies. At Bowdoin, Snow was on the debate team and editor of "The Quill", the campus literary magazine. Career Snow earned his bachelor's degree from Bowdoin in 1907, receiving Phi Beta Kappa honors. He obtained a one-year replacement appointme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Governor Of Connecticut
The governor of Connecticut is the head of government of Connecticut, and the commander-in-chief of the U.S. state, state's Connecticut Military Department, military forces. The Governor (United States), governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Connecticut General Assembly and to convene the legislature. Unusual among governors, the governor of Connecticut has no power to pardon. The governor of Connecticut is automatically a member of the state's Bonding Commission. He is an ex-officio member of the board of trustees of the University of Connecticut and Yale University. There have been 69 post-Revolution governors of the state, serving 73 distinct spans in office. Four have served non-consecutive terms: Henry W. Edwards, James E. English, Marshall Jewell, and Raymond E. Baldwin. The longest terms in office were in the state's early years, when four governors were elected to nine or more one-year terms. The longest was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Democratic Party Of Connecticut
The Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee (CT Dems) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Connecticut. Its chair is Roberto L. Alves. It is the dominant party in the state. Connecticut Democrats control both chambers of the state legislature, all constitutional state offices, all five of Connecticut's seats in the United States House of Representatives, and both of its seats in the United States Senate. Current elected officials Members of Congress U.S. Senate Democrats have controlled both of Connecticut's seats in the U.S. Senate since 1988: File:Chris Murphy, official portrait, 113th Congress.jpg, Junior U.S. Senator File:Richard Blumenthal Official Portrait (cropped).jpg, Senior U.S. Senator U.S. House of Representatives Democrats have controlled all five seats Connecticut is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2008: Statewide offices Democrats have controlled all six of the elected statewide offices since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1952 United States Senate Special Election In Connecticut
The 1952 United States Senate special election in Connecticut was held on November 4, 1952, to fill the vacancy left by the death of Brien McMahon. Republican candidate Prescott Bush defeated Democrat Abraham Ribicoff and served the remainder of the Senate term. Bush was later re-elected in 1956 to a full term in office over Democratic U.S. Representative Thomas J. Dodd. Ribicoff would later succeed Bush in the Senate after his retirement in 1962. Background Senator Brien McMahon, whose term in office was scheduled to expire in 1957, died on July 28, 1952. William A. Purtell, who was already the Republican nominee for Connecticut's other Senate seat in a regularly scheduled election for the term expiring in 1959, was appointed to fill the seat until a successor could be duly elected. Purtell continued to stand in the regular election rather than run for the remainder of McMahon's term. General election Candidates *Prescott Bush, banker and candidate for U.S. Senate in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1952 United States Senate Election In Connecticut
The 1952 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held on November 4, 1952. Incumbent Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Senator William Benton (senator), William Benton, who won a special election to complete the term of retiring Senator Raymond Baldwin, was defeated by Republican William A. Purtell after serving only 2 years. General election Candidates *William Benton (senator), William Benton, incumbent senator since 1949 (Democratic) *Vivien Kellems, industrialist, inventor, and tax protester (Independent Republican) *Jasper McLevy, Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Bridgeport and perennial candidate for statewide office (Socialist) *William A. Purtell, businessman and candidate for governor in 1950 Campaign During the campaign, Brien McMahon, the Class III Senator from Connecticut, died. Governor John Davis Lodge appointed Purtell, already the Republican nominee for this Class I seat, to serve as interim Senator in McMahon's place until a special electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1950 United States Senate Election In Connecticut ...
The 1950 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held on November 7, 1950. Incumbent Democratic Senator Brien McMahon was re-elected to a second term in office over Republican former U.S. Representative Joseph E. Talbot. General election Candidates *Anthony R. Martino (Socialist) *Brien McMahon, incumbent Senator since 1945 (Democratic) * Joseph E. Talbot, former U.S. Representative from Naugatuck and State Treasurer (Republican) Results See also * 1950 United States Senate elections References {{1950 United States elections 1950 Connecticut United States Senate The United States Senate is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Prescott Bush
Prescott Sheldon Bush Sr. (May 15, 1895 – October 8, 1972) was an American banker and Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician. as a Wall Street executive investment banker, he represented Connecticut in the from 1952 of the Bush family, he was the father of President , and the paternal grandfather of President and List of governors of Florida, Florida governor Born in Columbus, Ohio, Bush graduated from Yale College and served as an artillery officer during World War I. After the war, he worked for several companies, becoming a minor partner of the Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. investment bank in 1931. He served in several high-ranking United States Golf Association offices, including president of that organization. Bush settled in Connecticut in 1925. Bush won election to the Senate in a 1952 United States Senate special election in Connecticut, 1952 special election, narrowly defeating Democratic nominee Abraham Ribicoff. In the Senate, Bush staun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
