A Representative and a Senator from Montana. Born in Stevensville, Ravalli County, Mont. , January 28, 1911. Attended the public schools. Graduated from Stanford University in 1936 and received a law degree from Montana State University Law School. Admitted to the Montana bar in 1936 and commenced the practice of law. Member, State house of representatives 1937. Assistant attorney general of Montana 1937-1941. In December 1942 enlisted in the Army, attended officers' training school, was commissioned, went overseas in 1944, and participated in the Normandy invasion and the Battle of the Bulge. After V-E Day was concerned with the care and repatriation of displaced persons. Helped in drafting ordinances for the first free local elections in Germany and supervised the free elections in Bavaria. Discharged from the Army as a first lieutenant in April 1946. Associate justice of the Montana supreme court 1946-1952. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third Congress. Reelected to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1961). Was not a candidate for reelection but was elected in 1960 to the United States Senate. Reelected in 1966 and 1972 and served from January 3, 1961, until his death. Co-chairman, Joint Committee on Congressional Operations (Ninety-third and Ninety-fifth Congresses). Died in Helena, Mont. , January 12, 1978. Cremated. Ashes scattered in one of his favorite areas in the wilderness of the State of Montana.
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