| LC control no. | n 87837464 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988 |
| Variant(s) | Symington, William Stuart, 1901-1988 |
| Birth date | 19010626 |
| Death date | 19881214 |
| Place of birth | Amherst, Mass. |
| Place of death | New Canaan, Conn. |
| Affiliation | Yale University Emerson Electric Manufacturing Company United States. Surplus Property Board United States. Department of the Air Force United States. National Security Resources Board Reconstruction Finance Corporation United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Univ. Wash. Lib. for Gorrie, J.O. Papers, 1947-1966 (Stuart Symington; presidential campaign 1959-60) LC data base, 3-2-88 (hdg.: Symington, William Stuart, 1901-; usage: Stuart Symington) WWA, 1970 (Symington, Stuart; b. 1901; s. William Stuart & Emily Haxall (Harrison) S.; m. Evelyn Wadsworth; w. Symington Cos., Rochester, N.Y.; pres. Colonial Radio, Rochester; Rustless Iron & Steel, Baltimore; sec. Air Force; chmn. Nat'l Sec. Res. Board; U.S. senator, Mo., 1952-; res.: Washington, D.C. & St. Louis, Mo.) U.S. Cong. Sen. Committee on Armed Services. Hearings ... nominations of Jack Gorrie, 1952 (Stuart W. Symington) Biographical dictionary of the United States Congress, viewed via www, July 31, 2007: (Symington, William Stuart; b. June 26, 1901; d. Dec. 14, 1988; senator from Mo., 1953-76) Bio. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, Sept. 16, 2013 (Symington, William Stuart (Stuart), (father of James Wadsworth Symington, son-in-law of James Wadsworth), a Senator from Missouri; born in Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass., June 26, 1901; soon after his birth the family moved to Baltimore, Md.; attended the public schools; enlisted as a private in the United States Army at seventeen years of age and was discharged as a second lieutenant; graduated from Yale University in 1923; reporter on a Baltimore newspaper; moved to Rochester, N.Y., and worked as an iron moulder and lathe operator 1923-1926, studying mechanical and electrical engineering at night and by correspondence; executive with several radio and steel companies 1926-1937; moved to St. Louis, Mo., and became president of the Emerson Electric Manufacturing Co. 1938-1945; chairman, Surplus Property Board 1945; Surplus Property Administrator 1945-1946; Assistant Secretary of War for Air 1946-1947; first Secretary of the Air Force 1947-1950; chairman of National Security Resources Board 1950-1951; Reconstruction Finance Corporation Administrator 1951-1952, from which office he resigned to run for nomination as United States Senator; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1952; reelected in 1958, 1964 and 1970 and served from January 3, 1953, until his resignation on December 27, 1976; was not a candidate for reelection in 1976; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1960; lived in New Canaan, Ct., until his death, December 14, 1988; interred in a crypt in Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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