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Bunning, Jim, 1931-2017

LC control no.n 98014040
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Personal name headingBunning, Jim, 1931-2017
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Variant(s)Bunning, James Paul David, Jr., 1931-2017
Other standard no.315533601
Associated placeDetroit (Mich.) Washington (D.C.)
Birth date1931-10-23
Death date2017-05-26
Place of birthSouthgate (Ky.)
Place of deathFort Thomas (Ky.)
AffiliationDetroit Tigers (Baseball team)
Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate
United States. Congress. House
United States. Congress. Senate
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupationLegislators
Pitchers (Baseball) Baseball players
Found inJim Bunning, 1998: CIP galley (Hall of Fame pitcher; congressman from Kentucky)
Baseball ency., 1993: p. 1736 (Jim Bunning; Bunning, James Paul David; b. Oct. 23, 1931)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, November 18, 2013 (Bunning, James Paul David, a Representative and Senator from Kentucky; born in Southgate, Ky., October 23, 1931; attended parochial schools in Southgate and Cincinnati, Ohio; B.S., Xavier University, Cincinnati 1953; professional baseball player 1950-1971; investment broker and agent; member, Ft. Thomas City Council 1977-1979; Kentucky State senate 1979-1983; elected as a Republican to the One Hundredth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1987-January 3, 1999); not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives in 1998, but was elected to the United States Senate in 1998; reelected in 2004 and served from January 3, 1999, to January 3, 2011; was not a candidate for reelection to the Senate in 2010)
New York times, 28 May 2017 (Jim Bunning; born James Paul David Bunning Jr. Oct. 23, 1931; died Friday [May 26, 2017] in Fort Thomas, Ky., aged 85; the Hall of Fame pitcher who threw a perfect game and later forged a second career as a fervently conservative and often cantankerous Republican representative and senator from Kentucky.)
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum website, 29 May 2017: Jim Bunning entry (James Paul David Bunning; Primary team: Detroit Tigers, Primary position: pitcher; inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1996)
   <http://baseballhall.org/hof/bunning-jim>
Not found inISNI, 29 May 2017
Associated languageeng