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Case, Francis H. (Francis Higbee), 1896-1962

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Personal name headingCase, Francis H. (Francis Higbee), 1896-1962
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Variant(s)Case, Francis Higbee, 1896-1962
Birth date1896-12-09
Death date1962-06-22
Place of birthEverly (Iowa)
Place of deathBethesda (Md.)
AffiliationUnited States. Marine Corps
South Dakota. Regents of Education
United States. Congress. House
United States. Congress. Senate
Profession or occupationEditors Legislators
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Found inNUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for Scott, H. Papers, 1925-1977 (Case, Francis Higbee, 1896- )
LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Case, Francis Higbee, 1896-1962; usage: Francis H. Case)
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, July 23, 2013 (Case, Francis Higbee (1896-1962); a Representative and a Senator from South Dakota; born in Everly, Clay County, Iowa, December 9, 1896; moved with his parents to Sturgis, S.Dak., in 1909; graduated from Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, S.Dak., in 1918, and from Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., in 1920; during the First World War served as a private in the United States Marine Corps in 1918; served in both the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps Reserves; assistant editor, Epworth Herald, Chicago, Ill., 1920-1922; telegraph editor and editorial writer on the Rapid City (S.Dak.) Daily Journal, 1922-1925; editor and publisher of the Hot Springs (S.Dak.) Star, 1925-1931; editor and publisher of the Custer (S.Dak.) Chronicle, 1931-1946; member of the State regents of education, 1931-1933; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1951); elected to the United States Senate in 1950; reelected in 1956 and served from January 3, 1951, until his death in the naval hospital at Bethesda, Md., June 22, 1962)