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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaWilliam Ezra JENNER
(1908-1985)
Senate Years of Service:
1944-1945; 1947-1959Party: Republican;
RepublicanJENNER, 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.
Bibliography
Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives; Poder, Michael.
“The Senatorial Career of William E. Jenner.” Ph.D.
dissertation, University of Notre Dame, 1976; Ross, Rodney.
“Senator William E. Jenner: A Study in Cold War
Isolation.” Ed.D. dissertation, Pennsylvania State
University, 1973.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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