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Brock, William Emerson, 1930-2021

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Personal name headingBrock, William Emerson, 1930-2021
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Variant(s)Brock, Bill, 1930-2021
Brock, William, 1930-2021
Brock, W. E. (William Emerson), 1930-2021
Birth date1930-11-23
Death date2021-03-25
Place of birthChattanooga (Tenn.)
Place of deathAnnapolis (Md.)
AffiliationWashington and Lee University
United States. Congress. House
United States. Congress. Senate
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
United States. Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
United States. Department of Labor
Profession or occupationLegislators
Businessmen
Ambassadors
Cabinet officers
Found inHis Debate between William Brock ... [SR] 1976: container (William Brock) narration (chmn. Republican National Committee)
Cong. dir., 1976 (William Emerson Brock III, b. 1930)
Muskie, E. S. What price ... 1974 (a.e.) t.p. (Bill Brock)
Modern legal systems cyclopedia, 1984- : v. 1, t.p. (William Brock)
Hard bargaining ahead, c1985: t.p. (William E. Brock)
Temporary interest rate controls, 1966: p. 27 (W.E. Brock)
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website, viewed May 28, 2014 (Brock, William Emerson, III, (grandson of William Emerson Brock), a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee; born in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tenn., November 23, 1930; attended schools in Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga Tenn.; graduated from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., 1953; served in the United States Navy 1953-1956; employed by the Brock Candy Co., becoming vice president of marketing; member of the board of directors of Brock Candy Co.; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth Congress; reelected to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1971); was not a candidate for reelection; was elected as a Republican in 1970 to the United States Senate and served from January 3, 1971, to January 3, 1977; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976; chairman, Republican National Committee 1977-1981; U.S Trade Representative 1981-1985; appointed Secretary of Labor by President Ronald Reagan 1985-1987; consultant in Washington, D.C.; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate from Maryland, 1994; is a resident of Annapolis, Maryland.)
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website, viewed April 19, 2021 (Brock, William Emerson, III, (Grandson of William Emerson Brock), a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee; born in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tenn., November 23, 1930; attended schools in Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga Tenn.; graduated from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., 1953; served in the United States Navy 1953-1956; employed by the Brock Candy Co., becoming vice president of marketing; member of the board of directors of Brock Candy Co.; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth Congress; reelected to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1971); was not a candidate for reelection; was elected as a Republican in 1970 to the United States Senate and served from January 3, 1971, to January 3, 1977; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976; chairman, Republican National Committee 1977-1981; U.S Trade Representative 1981-1985; appointed Secretary of Labor by President Ronald Reagan 1985-1987; consultant in Washington, D.C.; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate from Maryland, 1994; was a resident of Annapolis, Md., until his death on March 25, 2021)
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