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unusual facts about Stuart Symington


1960 Democratic National Convention

Some historians speculated that Kennedy actually wanted someone else (such as Senators Stuart Symington or Henry M. Jackson) to be his running mate, and that he offered the nomination to Johnson first only as a courtesy to the powerful Senate Majority Leader.


Gene Weltfish

On April 1, 1953, she was questioned by the United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security staffed by Roy Cohn and consisting of Senators Joseph McCarthy, Karl Mundt, John McClellan and Stuart Symington.

Robert B. Meyner

At the 1960 Democratic National Convention Meyner received 43 votes for president, finishing fifth behind John F. Kennedy (806 votes), Lyndon Johnson (409 votes), Stuart Symington (86 votes) and Adlai Stevenson (79.5 votes) and just ahead of Hubert Humphrey who received 41 votes.


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