URI(s)
Fuller Name
- John Lester Hubbard
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1922-10-22
Death Date
- 1999-10-24
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1942
- Affiliation End: 1945
- Organization: United States. Marine Corps
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation End: 1947
- Organization: Yale University
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation End: 1950
- Organization: Harvard Law School
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1957
- Affiliation End: 1963
- Organization: Rhode Island. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1969
- Affiliation End: 1972
- Organization: United States. Department of the Navy
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 19761229
- Affiliation End: 19991024
- Organization: United States. Congress. Senate
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Birth Place
- Providence (R.I.)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
politics
legislature
government
Occupation
Related Terms
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Sources
- found: Teenage pregnancy, 1986:t.p. (John H. Chafee, United States Senate)
- found: Cong. dir. 1987-1988:p. 184 (John Hubbard Chafee; b. Providence, R.I., 10/22/22; Republican U.S. Senator from Rhode Island)
- found: LC data base, 12/10/87(hdg.: Chafee, John H., 1922- )
- found: Cong. record, 25 Oct. 1999:p. S13082 (death of the Honorable John H. Chafee, of Rhode Island)
- found: Biog. dir. of the United States Congress, accessed Apr. 17, 2012(Chafee, John Hubbard, Senator from Rhode Island; b. Providence, Providence County, R.I., October 22, 1922; grad., Deerfield (Mass.) Academy 1940; graduated, Yale University 1947 and Harvard Law School 1950; admitted to the Rhode Island bar in 1950 and commenced practice in Providence; served in U.S. Marine Corps 1942-1945, 1951-1953; served in Rhode Island house of representatives 1957-1963; Governor of Rhode Island 1963-1969; Secretary of the Navy in the Cabinet of President Richard Nixon 1969-1972; unsuccessful candidate for election to the U.S. Senate in 1972; elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in Nov. 1976 for the term commencing Jan. 3, 1977; subsequently appointed by the Governor, Dec. 29, 1976, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Pastore for the term ending Jan. 3, 1977; reelected in 1982, 1988, and 1994, and served until death on Oct. 24, 1999; Senate Republican Conference chairman (1985-1991), Committee on Environment and Public Works (1995-1999); interment in family plot; posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on August 9, 2000)
- found: Wikipedia website, May 23, 2014(John Lester Hubbard Chafee)
- found: Washington Post website, May 23, 2014(John Lester Hubbard Chafee)
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Change Notes
- 1987-12-11: new
- 2014-06-22: revised
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