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Hechler, Ken, 1914-2016

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Personal name headingHechler, Ken, 1914-2016
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Variant(s)Hechler, Kenneth William, 1914-2016
LocatedHuntington (W. Va.)
Birth date1914-09-20
Death date2016-12-10
Place of birthRoslyn (N.Y.)
Place of deathRomney (W. Va.)
Field of activityWorld War, 1939-1945
AffiliationWest Virginia. Office of the Secretary of State
United States. Congress. House
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Marshall University
Marshall College (Huntington, W. Va.)
Princeton University
Barnard College
Columbia College (Columbia University)
Profession or occupationPresidents--United States--Staff
College teachers Legislators Secretaries of State (State governments) Military historians
Found inHis Insurgency ... 1940.
NUCMC data from Wayne State Univ. Walter P. Reuther Lib. for Jensen, R.J. Papers, 1968-1975 (Ken Hechler)
Bio. dir. U.S. Congress, 1774-1989 (Hechler, Ken, rep. from W. Va.; b. near Roslyn, Long Island, N.Y., Sept. 20, 1914; Congress, 1959-1977; elected sec. of state of W. Va., 1984; home: Huntington, W. Va.)
New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 12, 2016 (in obituary published Dec. 11: Ken Hechler; b. Kenneth William Hechler, Sept. 20, 1914, Roslyn, N.Y.; d. Saturday [Dec. 10, 2016], Romney, W. Va., aged 102; leading voice for national coal-mining reforms during his nine terms in the House of Representatives and a colorful presence in West Virginia politics for decades; Democrat)
Associated languageeng