Robert C. Hendrickson

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Robert C. Hendrickson

Robert Clymer Hendrickson (born August 12, 1898 in Woodbury , Gloucester County , New Jersey , † December 7, 1964 ) was an American politician . Between 1949 and 1955 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US Senate .

Career

Robert Hendrickson attended public schools in his home country. In the final stages of the First World War he was a soldier in the United States Army and was used in Europe. After a subsequent law degree at Temple University Law School in Philadelphia and his admission as a lawyer in 1922, he began to work in Woodbury in his new profession. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1929 and 1934 he was the county supervisor and chief political officer of his district. In 1931 he was the legal representative for his hometown of Woodbury. Hendrickson was a member of the State Senate between 1934 and 1940, and became President in 1939.

In 1940 he ran unsuccessfully for governor of his state, and from 1942 to 1948 he was State Treasurer of New Jersey. In 1940 he was also a member of the Council of State Governments, which he chaired in 1941. Between 1936 and 1951 he was also vice chairman of the regional committee Commission on Delaware River Basin . In between he was an officer in the US Army from 1943 to 1946 during World War II . He was deployed in the Mediterranean, where he reached the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was later militarily activated again during the Korean War , already as a US Senator.

In the elections of 1948 Robert Hendrickson was elected as his party's candidate to the US Senate, where he succeeded Albert W. Hawkes , who had not run again on January 3, 1949 . Since he refused to run again in 1954, he was only able to complete a six-year term in the Senate until January 3, 1955. This period was shaped by the events of the Cold War , the Korean War and the beginning civil rights movement . Between February 16, 1955 and November 20, 1956, Hendrickson was the American ambassador to New Zealand . After that he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on December 7, 1964 in his hometown of Woodbury.

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SURNAME Hendrickson, Robert C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hendrickson, Robert Clymer (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Woodbury , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH 7th December 1964
Place of death Woodbury , New Jersey