Guy Gillette
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Guy Mark Gillette was an American politician and lawyer who served as a Democratic U.S. representative and senator from Iowa. Throughout his Senate service, Gillette was elected, re-elected, defeated,
Sen. Guy M. Gillette, La. LCCN2016871060
Otha Wearin
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Otha Donner Wearin was an American writer and politician. Elected as the youngest member of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first "New Deal" Congress, his political career stalled in 1938 when he ga
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…Roosevelt's plan to expand the Supreme Court and other positions. He nevertheless defeated Roosevelt's choice for the Democratic nomination, Congressman Otha D. Wearin, and was re-elected to his first full Senate term by 2,805 votes. During that term, his conflicts with the Roosevelt administration expanded, on topics…
Wearin in Congress c. 1937
Wearin c. 1950