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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—NebraskaKenneth Spicer WHERRY
(1892-1951)
Senate Years of Service:
1943-1951Party: RepublicanWHERRY, Kenneth Spicer, a
Senator from Nebraska; born in Liberty, Gage County, Nebr.,
February 28, 1892; attended the public schools and graduated from
the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1914; attended Harvard
University in 1915 and 1916; during the First World War served in
the United States Navy Flying Corps in 1917 and 1918; engaged in
the sale of automobiles, furniture, and in livestock farming;
studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Pawnee
City, Nebr.; member of the Pawnee City council in 1927 and 1929;
mayor of Pawnee City 1929-1931, 1938-1943; member, State senate
1929-1932; unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1932;
unsuccessful candidate for nomination for United States Senator in
1934; western director for the Republican National Committee
1941-1942; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in
1942; reelected in 1948 and served from January 3, 1943, until his
death; Republican whip 1944-1949; minority leader 1949-1951;
chairman, Special Committee on Problems of Small Business
(Eightieth Congress); died in Washington, D.C., November 29, 1951;
interment in Pawnee City Cemetery, Pawnee City, Nebr.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Paul, Justis F. “Butler, Griswold, Wherry: The
Struggle for Dominance of Nebraska Republicanism, 1941-1946.”
North Dakota Quarterly 43 (Autumn 1975): 51-61; Stromer,
Marvin. The Making of a Political Leader, Kenneth S. Wherry and
the United States Senate. Lincoln: University of Nebraska
Press, 1969.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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