John C. Stennis
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John Cornelius Stennis was an American politician who served as a U.S. senator from the state of Mississippi. He was a Democrat who served in the Senate for over 41 years, becoming its most senior mem
Stennis in 1984
Stennis being sworn into the U.S. Senate by Arthur Vandenberg, 1947. James Eastland, Mississippi's other Senator, stands behind Stennis.
Stennis celebrating a space shuttle engine test in 1978
Paul Laxalt, Mark Hatfield, and Stennis before a conference on the Emergency Jobs Act of 1983
Theodore G. Bilbo
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Theodore Gilmore Bilbo was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician from Mississippi who served as the 39th and 43rd governor of Mississippi from 1916 to 1920 and 1928 to 1932 and represen
John C. Stennis
…evidence. After serving as a prosecutor and state judge, Stennis won a special election in 1947 to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy following the death of Theodore G. Bilbo. He won election to a full term in 1952 and remained in the Senate until he declined to seek re-election in 1988. Stennis became the first Chairman of…
Theodore Bilbo
Bilbo as a United States Senator in 1939