| LC control no. | n 87945313 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Chafee, John H., 1922-1999 |
| See also | Rhode Island. Governor (1963-1969 : Chafee) |
| Located | Washington (D.C.) |
| Birth date | 19221022 |
| Death date | 19991024 |
| Place of birth | Providence (R.I.) |
| Field of activity | politics legislature government |
| Affiliation | United States. Marine Corps Yale University Harvard Law School Rhode Island. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Department of the Navy United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Legislators Governors Cabinet officers |
| Found in | Teenage pregnancy, 1986: t.p. (John H. Chafee, United States Senate) Cong. dir. 1987-1988: p. 184 (John Hubbard Chafee; b. Providence, R.I., 10/22/22; Republican U.S. Senator from Rhode Island) LC data base, 12/10/87 (hdg.: Chafee, John H., 1922- ) Cong. record, 25 Oct. 1999: p. S13082 (death of the Honorable John H. Chafee, of Rhode Island) Biog. dir. of the United States Congress, accessed Apr. 17, 2012 (Chafee, John Hubbard, Senator from Rhode Island; b. Providence, Providence County, R.I., October 22, 1922; grad., Deerfield (Mass.) Academy 1940; graduated, Yale University 1947 and Harvard Law School 1950; admitted to the Rhode Island bar in 1950 and commenced practice in Providence; served in U.S. Marine Corps 1942-1945, 1951-1953; served in Rhode Island house of representatives 1957-1963; Governor of Rhode Island 1963-1969; Secretary of the Navy in the Cabinet of President Richard Nixon 1969-1972; unsuccessful candidate for election to the U.S. Senate in 1972; elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in Nov. 1976 for the term commencing Jan. 3, 1977; subsequently appointed by the Governor, Dec. 29, 1976, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Pastore for the term ending Jan. 3, 1977; reelected in 1982, 1988, and 1994, and served until death on Oct. 24, 1999; Senate Republican Conference chairman (1985-1991), Committee on Environment and Public Works (1995-1999); interment in family plot; posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on August 9, 2000) Wikipedia website, May 23, 2014 (John Lester Hubbard Chafee) Washington Post website, May 23, 2014 (John Lester Hubbard Chafee) |
| Associated language | eng |
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