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Hart, Philip A. (Philip Aloysius), 1912-1976

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Personal name headingHart, Philip A. (Philip Aloysius), 1912-1976
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Variant(s)Hart, Philip A., 1912-
Birth date19121210
Death date19761226
Place of birthBryn Mawr, Pa.
Place of deathWashington, D.C.
AffiliationGeorgetown University
University of Michigan. Law School
United States. Congress. Senate
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupationLegislators
Lawyers
Found inNUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for Scott, H. Papers, 1925-1977 (Hart, Philip, A., 1912- )
LC data base, 4-29-88 (hdg.: Hart, Philip A., 1912- )
Members of Congress, 1789-1982 (Hart, Philip Aloysius, 1912-1976)
Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress website, Apr. 9, 2013 (Hart, Philip Aloysius, a Senator from Michigan; born in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pa., December 10, 1912; attended Waldron Academy and parochial schools; graduated from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in 1934 and from the University of Michigan Law School at Ann Arbor in 1937; admitted to the Michigan bar in 1938 and commenced the practice of law in Detroit, Mich.; during the Second World War served in the United States Army from 1941 until discharged in 1946 as a lieutenant colonel of Infantry; wounded during the D-Day assault on Utah Beach in Normandy; Michigan Corporation Securities Commissioner from 1949 until his resignation in 1951; State director of the Office of Price Stabilization 1951-1952; United States district attorney of the Eastern Michigan District 1952-1953; legal adviser to the Governor of Michigan 1953-1954; lieutenant governor 1955-1958; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1958; reelected in 1964 and again in 1970 and served from January 3, 1959, until his death in Washington, D.C., December 26, 1976; was not a candidate for reelection in 1976; third Senate Office Building named for Senator Hart in 1976; interred in St. Anne's Catholic Cemetery, Mackinac Island, Mich.)