Jennings Randolph

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Jennings Randolph (March 8, 1902 – May 8, 1998) was a West Virginia Democrat U.S. representative and senator who was the last New Dealer to serve in Congress. He was considered to have mostly been liberal,[1] though was notably pro-life.[2]

Political career

U.S. Senate

Randolph was pro-civil rights and voted for the Civil Rights Acts of 1960,[3] 1964,[4] 1968,[5] in addition to the 24th Amendment[6] which outlawed poll taxes in all federal-level elections as well as the Voting Rights Act of 1965.[7]

In 1983, Randolph voted for the Hatch-Eagleton Human Life Amendment which would have overturned Roe v. Wade.[8]

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