| LC control no. | n 91076627 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Jenner, William E. (William Ezra), 1908-1985 |
| Variant(s) | Jenner, William Ezra, 1908-1985 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1908-07-21 |
| Death date | 1985-03-09 |
| Place of birth | Marengo (Ind.) |
| Place of death | Bedford (Ind.) |
| Affiliation | Indiana University Indiana University. School of Law Indiana. General Assembly. Senate United States. Congress. Senate United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Indiana State Library for Gates, R.F. Papers, 1941-1975 (Jenner, William E.) Biog. dir. Ind. Gen. Assembly, 1984 (Jenner, William Ezra, 1908- ; lawyer and senator, Indiana General Assembly, 1935-1942; married Janet Cuthill, 1933) Lehman special correspondence files, viewed Oct. 30, 2008: correspondent file (Jenner, William E.) letter of Jan. 11, 1954, etc. (William E. Jenner) Biographical directory of the United States Congress, viewed Oct. 30, 2008 (Jenner, William Ezra, 1908-1985) Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress website, January 17, 2014 (Jenner, William Ezra, a Senator from Indiana; born in Marengo, Crawford County, Ind., July 21, 1908; attended public and preparatory schools; graduated from Indiana University at Bloomington in 1930 and from that university's law school in 1930; admitted to the bar in 1930 and commenced practice in Paoli, Ind., in 1932; member, State senate 1934-1942, serving as minority leader 1937-1939, majority leader and president pro tempore 1939-1941; resigned his seat in 1942 to serve in the Second World War; served overseas and retired as a captain in the Army Air Corps in 1944; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate on November 7, 1944, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Frederick Van Nuys and served from November 14, 1944, to January 3, 1945; was not a candidate for election to the full term; elected to the United States Senate in 1946 for the term commencing January 3, 1947; reelected in 1952, and served from January 3, 1947, until January 3, 1959; was not a candidate for renomination in 1958; co-chairman, Joint Committee on Printing (Eightieth and Eighty-third Congresses), chairman, Committee on Rules and Administration (Eighty-third Congress); resumed the practice of law; died in Bedford, Ind., March 9, 1985; interment at Crest Haven Memorial Gardens, Bedford, Ind.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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