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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeWilliam Emerson BROCK, III
(1930- )
Senate Years of Service:
1971-1977Party: RepublicanBROCK, William Emerson,
III, (grandson of William Emerson Brock), a Representative
and a Senator from Tennessee; born in Chattanooga, Hamilton County,
Tenn., November 23, 1930; attended schools in Lookout Mountain and
Chattanooga Tenn.; graduated from Washington and Lee University,
Lexington, Va., 1953; served in the United States Navy 1953-1956;
employed by the Brock Candy Co., becoming vice president of
marketing; member of the board of directors of Brock Candy Co.;
elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth Congress; reelected to
the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1971);
was not a candidate for reelection; was elected as a Republican in
1970 to the United States Senate and served from January 3, 1971,
to January 3, 1977; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976;
chairman, Republican National Committee 1977-1981; U.S Trade
Representative 1981-1985; appointed Secretary of Labor by President
Ronald Reagan 1985-1987; consultant in Washington, D.C.;
unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate
from Maryland, 1994; is a resident of Annapolis, Maryland.
Bibliography
Brock, Bill. “Committees in the Senate.” Annals of
the American Academy of Political and Social Science 411
(January 1974): 14-26.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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