Kenneth Spicer Wherry (February 28, 1892 – November 29, 1951) was an American businessman, attorney, and politician. A member of the Republican Party...
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Democratic support in the state in 1942, Norris was defeated by Republican Kenneth S. Wherry. He departed from office saying, "I have done my best to repudiate...
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appointed to the U.S. Senate on December 10, 1951, by Gov. Val Peterson to fill the vacancy created by the death of Kenneth S. Wherry. A Rockefeller Republican...
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Senate special election in Nebraska took place on November 2, 1952. Kenneth S. Wherry was elected to the term in 1948. Following his death, State Senator...
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Styles Bridges (redirect from Henry S. Bridges)
The Senator from Michigan [Mr. FERGUSON], the Senator from Nebraska Mr. WHERRY, and many other Senators who were interested in that situation at the time...
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Robert A. Taft (category S-aft: 'after' parameter includes the word 'unknown')
Democrats attacking the charges of Senator Joseph McCarthy, Taft joined Kenneth S. Wherry in predicting an effort to send the majority report back to the committee...
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convened following the 1946 midterm elections. Early in 1947, Senator Kenneth S. Wherry introduced a bill in the Senate which, like the previous 1945 version...
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in Nebraska took place on November 2, 1948. Senate Majority Whip Kenneth S. Wherry was re-elected to a second term, defeating former Representative Terry...
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Barkley, Ed Izac, John M. Vorys, Dewey Short, C. Wayland Brooks, and Kenneth S. Wherry, along with General Omar Bradley and journalists Joseph Pulitzer,...
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1936, but later lost his final re-election attempt to Republican Kenneth S. Wherry in 1942. Vermont senator Jim Jeffords left the Republican Party to...
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80th United States Congress (redirect from 80th U. S. Congress)
Vandenberg (R) Majority leader: Wallace H. White Jr. Majority whip: Kenneth S. Wherry Republican Conference Chairman: Eugene Millikin Republican Conference...
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1949. White was from the U.S. state of Maine and served in the U.S. House of Representatives before being elected to the U.S. Senate, where he was Senate...
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77th 78th 14 Elected in 1942. Jan 3, 1943 – Nov 29, 1951 Republican Kenneth S. Wherry 9 79th Re-elected in 1946. 15 80th 81st 15 Re-elected in 1948. Died...
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81st United States Congress (redirect from 81st U. S. Congress)
McMahon Policy Committee Chairman: Scott W. Lucas Minority Leader: Kenneth S. Wherry Minority Whip: Leverett Saltonstall Republican Conference Chairman:...
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of Education from 1917 to 1922. Hill was elected on August 14, 1923, as U.S. representative from Alabama's 2nd congressional district to fill the vacancy...
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1948 United States Senate elections (redirect from U.S. Senate election, 1948)
elections were held concurrently with the election of Democratic President Harry S. Truman for a full term. The 32 seats of Class 2 were contested in regular...
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Republican Party, led by Senator Kenneth S. Wherry, argued that the Marshall Plan would be "a wasteful 'operation rat-hole'". Wherry held that it made no sense...
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Marshall Plan (category Presidency of Harry S. Truman)
wing of the party, based in the rural Midwest and led by Senator Kenneth S. Wherry (R-Nebraska), was outmaneuvered by the emerging internationalist wing...
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82nd United States Congress (redirect from 82nd U. S. Congress)
McMahon Policy Committee Chairman: Ernest McFarland Minority leader: Kenneth S. Wherry, until November 29, 1951 Styles Bridges, from January 8, 1952 Minority...
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the vacancy on July 3, 1954. The Class II election was to finish Kenneth S. Wherry's term, with Eva Bowring as incumbent at the time of the election....
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shock of many farmers selling what they could and leaving town. Kenneth S. Wherry, U.S. Senator from Nebraska 1943–51; Senate Republican Leader "ArcGIS...
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Party leaders of the United States Senate (redirect from U.S. Senate Minority Leader)
Party leaders of the U.S. Senate The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and people of the party leadership...
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Nebraska Larry the Cable Guy, comedian Irish McCalla, actress Kenneth S. Wherry, mayor, U.S. Senator from Nebraska 1943–51; Senate Republican Leader Nebraska...
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in an incident between Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Senator Kenneth S. Wherry, Nebraska Republican and minority whip of the United States Senate...
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Democratic Party, he represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives (1935–1939) and the U.S. Senate (1939–1951). He was the Senate Majority Leader...
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Leverett Saltonstall (section U.S. Senator)
special election to fill the unexpired term created by the resignation of U.S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. He was re-elected three times, serving from...
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Republican Party, based in the rural Midwest, was led by Senator Kenneth S. Wherry. He argued that it would be "a wasteful 'operation rat-hole'"; that...
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Michigan Susan W. Kluttz, former mayor of Salisbury, North Carolina Kenneth S. Wherry, former mayor of Pawnee City, Nebraska Compton I. White Jr., former...
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79th United States Congress (redirect from 79th U. S. Congress)
Jr. (R, acting) Majority whip: J. Lister Hill (D) Minority whip: Kenneth S. Wherry (R), elected 1944 Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D) Majority leader: John W...
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Charles Thone (1924–2018), Governor of Nebraska and U.S. Representative Kenneth S. Wherry (1892–1951), U.S. Senator Buffalo Bill Cody (1845–1917), iconic western...
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