Thomas C. Hennings

Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. (born June 25, 1903 in St. Louis , Missouri , † September 13, 1960 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ). He represented the state of Missouri in both houses of Congress .

After attending public schools in St. Louis, Thomas Hennings first studied at Cornell University in Ithaca , where he graduated in 1924. Two years later, he graduated from Washington University in St. Louis , where he was admitted to the bar and began practicing law in his hometown. From 1929 to 1934 he served as the assistant county attorney in St. Louis. Between 1932 and 1936 he was a member of the governor's staff with the rank of colonel ; he was also employed from 1934 to 1938 as a lecturer in law at Benton College of Law in St. Louis.

1934 Hennings was put up by the Democratic Party as a candidate for election to the US House of Representatives in the eleventh district of Missouri; he prevailed against the incumbent James Edward Ruffin . After he had also won the election, he entered Congress on January 3, 1935. Several re-elections followed before he resigned on December 31, 1940 to become a district attorney in St. Louis. He held this office until 1944. Hennings also served from 1941 to 1943 as a Lieutenant Commander in the US Navy Reserve .

After working in the sequence first again as a lawyer, Thomas Hennings was in 1950 against the Republican incumbent Forrest C. Donnell in the United States Senate voted. This was the only election that year in which the Democrats could take a seat from the Republicans. Hennings returned to Congress on January 3, 1951. He was re-elected in 1956 and temporarily chaired the Committee on Rules and Administration , but died in Washington before the end of his second term in September 1960. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery .

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SURNAME	Hennings, Thomas C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hennings, Thomas Carey junior (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician (Democratic Party)
DATE OF BIRTH	June 25, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Louis , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH	September 13, 1960
Place of death	Washington, DC