William Stuart Symington Jr.

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William Stuart Symington Jr. was an American businessman and Democratic politician who became the first U.S. Secretary of the Air Force and later served as a long-time U.S. Senator from Missouri.

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William Stuart Symington Jr. canonical 1

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instanceOf United States Cabinet member ⓘ
United States senator ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
appointedBy Harry S. Truman ⓘ
child James W. Symington ⓘ
Stuart Symington III ⓘ
linked to: Stuart Symington
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Baltimore City College ⓘ
University of Minnesota ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
employer Emerson Electric Company ⓘ
familyName Symington ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
honorificSuffix Jr. ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
middleName Stuart ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
notableWork advocacy for arms control ⓘ
advocacy for strong U.S. Air Force ⓘ
advocacy for stronger congressional oversight of intelligence activities ⓘ
criticism of Pentagon procurement practices ⓘ
investigations into U.S. military spending ⓘ
opposition to Vietnam War escalation ⓘ
service on Senate Armed Services Committee ⓘ
service on Senate Foreign Relations Committee ⓘ
support for Missouri economic development ⓘ
support for NATO ⓘ
support for civil rights legislation ⓘ
support for creation of independent U.S. Air Force ⓘ
support for public power and utilities regulation ⓘ
support for the Marshall Plan ⓘ
occupation business executive ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeContested President of the United States ⓘ
placeOfBirth Amherst, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New Canaan, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
positionHeld United States Secretary of the Air Force ⓘ
United States Senator ⓘ
United States Senator from Missouri ⓘ
residence Missouri ⓘ
St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Evelyn Wadsworth Symington ⓘ

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Symington → usedBy → William Stuart Symington Jr. ⓘ