| LC control no. | n 88224236 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Rivers, L. Mendel (Lucius Mendel), 1905-1970 |
| Variant(s) | Rivers, Lucius Mendel, 1905-1970 Rivers, Mendel, 1905-1970 |
| Located | Charleston (S.C.) |
| Birth date | 19050928 |
| Death date | 19701228 |
| Place of death | Gumville (S.C.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators |
| Found in | NUCMC data from U. of SC, Caroliniana Lib. for Savage, H. Papers, 1927-1985 (Mendel Rivers) LC data base, 3-29-89 (hdg.: Rivers, Lucius Mendel, 1905-1970; usage: L. Mendel Rivers) Bio. dir. Am. cong., 1961 (Rivers, Lucius Mendel, rep. from S.C.; b. Gumville, S.C., 1905; admitted to bar, 1932; practiced in Charleston, S.C.; served in Congress, 1941-1961) WWA, 1962-1963 (Rivers, L. Mendel; b. 1905; m. Margaret Simons Middleton, 1938; home: Charleston, S.C.) English Wikipedia website, viewed June 12, 2012 (Lucius Mendel Rivers (Sept. 28, 1905--Dec. 28, 1970) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from South Carolina, representing the Charleston based 1st congressional district for nearly thirty years. He was chairman of the House Armed Services Committee during the period of the Vietnam War when the United States escalated its involvement in the war. Rivers married Margaret Middleton (called Marguerite by Mendel, but Marwee by family and friends) on September 1, 1938. The couple had three children: Peggy in 1939, Marion in 1943, and Mendel Jr. in 1947) |
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