William Purtell

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William Arthur Purtell
Former U.S. Senator from Connecticut
From: January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959
Predecessor William Benton
Successor Thomas J. Dodd
Former U.S. Senator from Connecticut
From: August 29, 1952 – November 4, 1952
Predecessor Brien McMahon
Successor Prescott Bush
Information
Party Republican

William Arthur Purtell (May 6, 1897 – May 31, 1978) was a Connecticut Republican who served in the United States Senate from the state during the 1950s.

U.S. Senate

Following the death of incumbent senator Brien McMahon in 1952, Purtell was appointed by governor John Davis Lodge as an interim to the Class III seat. He was simultaneously running for the state's Class I Senate seat, and won the general election over Democrat William Benton by eight percentage points.[1]

Purtell was one of only twenty-two Republicans (including Barry Goldwater, Everett Dirksen, Styles Bridges, and Bourke Hickenlooper) who voted against the censure of Joseph McCarthy,[2] a Wisconsin senator who exposed communist infiltration of the United States government.

Purtell strongly supported the policies of President Dwight Eisenhower during his Senate tenure.[3] He backed an amendment in labor laws to make discrimination by employers an unfair practice[3] and voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957,[4] opposing measures to weaken the legislation.[5][6][7]

He was defeated for re-election in 1958, losing by fifteen percentage points to Democrat Thomas J. Dodd,[8] the father of future U.S. senator Christopher Dodd. During the campaign, Dodd asserted that Purtell's conservatism "makes [Robert Taft] look like a left‐wing New Dealer.[3]

Sen. Purtell was absent for 4% of all roll call votes in his tenure.[9]

Quotes

“ We have the finest country, the finest system of society and the finest government in the world.[3] ”

See also

References

  1. ↑ CT US Senate. Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  2. ↑ S. RES. 301. PASSAGE.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 WiMam Purtell 81; Served in the Senate From 1952 to 1959. The New York Times. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  4. ↑ HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  5. ↑ HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST OBJECTION BY KNOWLAND TO REFERRAL OF BILL TO JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. REJECTED. (BILL THUS BYPASSED THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  6. ↑ HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957. AMENDMENT TO DELETE AUTHORITY FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL TO SEEK PREVENTIVE RELIEF IN CIVIL RIGHTS CASES UNDER THE 14TH AMENDMENT.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  7. ↑ HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957. AMENDMENT TO GUARANTEE JURY TRIALS IN ALL CASES OF CRIMINAL CONTEMPT AND PROVIDE UNIFORM METHODS FOR SELECTING FEDERAL COURT JURIES.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  8. ↑ CT US Senate. Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  9. ↑ Sen. William Purtell. GovTrack.us. Retrieved April 25, 2021.

External links

  • Profile at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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