| LC control no. | no2004023614 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Gurney, Chan, 1896-1985 |
| Variant(s) | Gurney, John Chandler, 1896-1985 |
| Located | Sioux Falls (S.D.) |
| Birth date | 1896-05-21 |
| Death date | 1985-03-09 |
| Place of birth | Yankton (S.D.) |
| Place of death | Yankton (S.D.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Army United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services Senate Republican Conference (U.S.) Gurney Seed & Nursery Co. WNAX (Radio station : Yankton, S.D.) United States. Congress. Senate United States. Civil Aeronautics Board |
| Profession or occupation | Senators Soldiers |
| Found in | National Defense Establishment ... 1947: t.p. (Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senate, 80th Congress) p. ii (Chan Gurney, South Dakota, Chairman) Biog. dir., U.S. Congr., 1989 (Gurney, John Chandler; b. Yankton, S.D., May 21, 1896; d. Mar. 9, 1985) Wikipedia, July 2, 2018 (John Chandler "Chan" Gurney (May 21, 1896 - March 9, 1985) was a U.S. Senator from South Dakota. Born in Yankton, South Dakota, Gurney attended the public schools. During World War I, he served as a sergeant in Company A, Thirty-Fourth Engineers, United States Army, with service overseas from 1918 to 1919. He also engaged in his family's seed and nursery business (Gurney's Seed and Nursery Company) from 1914 to 1926, and was the operator of a radio station (WNAX) at Yankton from 1926 to 1932. He then moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and engaged in the wholesale gasoline and oil business from 1932 to 1936. In 1936, Gurney ran unsuccessfully for election to the United States Senate, but he was elected as a Republican in 1938. He was reelected in 1944 and served in all from January 3, 1939 to January 3, 1951. He was chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services. He sought to be re-elected in 1950, but was defeated in the Republican primary by Francis Case. After his time in Congress, Gurney was appointed a member of the Civil Aeronautics Board in 1951, became chairman in 1954, and served until 1964. He retired to Yankton, where he died and was buried in Yankton Cemetery) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chandler_Gurney> |
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