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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—West VirginiaJennings RANDOLPH
(1902-1998)
Senate Years of Service:
1958-1985Party: DemocratRANDOLPH, Jennings, a
Representative and a Senator from West Virginia; born in Salem,
Harrison County, W.Va., March 8, 1902; attended the public schools;
graduated from the Salem (W.Va.) Academy in 1920 and Salem (W.Va.)
College in 1924; engaged in newspaper work in Clarksburg, W.Va., in
1924; associate editor of West Virginia Review at Charleston in
1925; head of the department of public speaking and journalism at
Davis and Elkins College at Elkins, W.Va., 1926-1932; trustee of
Salem College and Davis and Elkins College; unsuccessful candidate
for election in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress; elected as a
Democrat to the Seventy-third and to the six succeeding Congresses
(March 4, 1933-January 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress; chairman, Committee
on the District of Columbia (Seventy-sixth through Seventy-ninth
Congresses), Committee on Civil Service (Seventy-ninth Congress);
professor of public speaking at Southeastern University,
Washington, D.C., 1935-1953, and dean of School of Business
Administration 1952-1958; assistant to president and director of
public relations, Capital Airlines, Washington, D.C., February
1947-April 1958; elected in a special election on November 4, 1958,
as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Matthew M. Neely; reelected in 1960, 1966,
1972 and 1978 and served from November 5, 1958, to January 3, 1985;
did not seek reelection; chairman, Committee on Public Works
(Eighty-ninth through Ninety-fifth Congresses), Committee on
Environment and Public Works (Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth
Congresses); died in St. Louis, Mo., on May 8, 1998; interment in
Seventh-Day Baptist Cemetery, Salem, Harrison County, W.Va.
Bibliography
Randolph, Jennings, and James A. Bell. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and
Gentlemen . . . : A Practical Guide to Public Speaking. 1939.
Rev. ed. Washington: Press of Judd & Detwiler, 1951; U.S.
Congress. Tribute to the Honorable Jennings Randolph of West
Virginia in the United States Senate, Upon the Occasion of His
Retirement from the Senate. 98th Cong., 2d sess., 1984.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1984.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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