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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJames Wadsworth SYMINGTON
(1927- )
SYMINGTON, James
Wadsworth, (son of Stuart Symington), a Representative from
Missouri; born in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, September 28,
1927; attended St. Bernard’s School in New York City, St.
Louis Country Day School and Deerfield Academy; B.A., Yale, 1950;
LL.B., Columbia Law School, 1954; United States Marine Corps,
private first class, 1945-1946; assistant city counselor of St.
Louis, Mo., 1954-1955; practiced law in St. Louis, Mo., 1955-1958;
United States Foreign Service, London, England, 1958-1960; resumed
the practice of law in Washington, D.C., 1960-1961; deputy
director, Food for Peace, White House, 1961-1962; administrative
assistant to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, 1962-1963;
director, President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency,
1965-1966; consultant, President’s Commission on Law
Enforcement and Administration of Justice, 1965-1966; chief of
protocol, Department of State, 1966-1968; director, secretary, The
Atlantic Council, 1986- 2001; director, Library of Congress Russian
Leadership Program, 2001; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-first
and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1969-January 3,
1977); was not a candidate in 1976 for reelection to the United
States House of Representatives but was an unsuccessful candidate
for nomination to the United States Senate; resumed the practice of
law; is a resident of Washington, D.C.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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