| LC control no. | n 87123285 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kuchel, Thomas H. |
| Birth date | 19100815 |
| Death date | 19941121 |
| Place of birth | Anaheim (Calif.) |
| Place of death | Beverly Hills (Calif.) |
| Affiliation | California. Legislature. Assembly California. Legislature. Senate United States. Naval Reserve California. Office of State Controller United States. Congress. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Legislators--United States |
| Found in | nuc87-85458: His California Negro history, 1968 (hdg. on CU-BANC rept.: Kuchel, Thomas H.; usage: Thomas H. Kuchel) NUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for Scott, H. Papers, 1925-1977 (Kuchel, Thomas Henry, 1910-); NUCMC files (Kuchel, Thomas H. (Thomas Henry); b. 1910; U.S. Senator from California) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, September 20, 2013 (Kuchel, Thomas Henry (1910-1994); a Senator from California; born in Anaheim, Orange County, Calif., August 15, 1910; attended the public schools; graduated from the University of Southern California in 1932 and from the law school of the same university in 1935; admitted to the bar the same year and began practice in Anaheim, Calif.; member, State assembly, 1936-1939; member, State senate, 1940-1945, and while serving as State senator volunteered and was called to active duty in the United States Naval Reserve as a lieutenant (junior grade), serving until 1945; State controller, 1946-1953; appointed on January 2, 1953, and subsequently elected on November 2, 1954, as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Richard M. Nixon; reelected in 1956 and again in 1962 and served from January 2, 1953, to January 3, 1969; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1968; Republican whip, 1959-1969; resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C. and California, until his retirement in 1981; resided in Beverly Hills, Calif., until his death there on November 21, 1994) |
| Associated language | eng |
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