William E. Jenner

William Ezra Jenner (born July 21, 1908 in Marengo , Crawford County , Indiana , † March 9, 1985 in Bedford , Indiana) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of Indiana in the US Senate .

After attending school, William Jenner enrolled at Indiana University in Bloomington , where he first graduated in 1930 and passed his law exam a little later. He then started practicing as a lawyer in Paoli . In 1934 he was elected to the Indiana Senate, in which he was parliamentary group leader of the opposition Republicans from 1937 to 1939; after the electoral success of his party, he served as majority leader and pro tempore Senate president until 1941 .

In order to serve in the military after the United States entered World War II , Jenner resigned from his mandate in 1942. Two years later he returned with the rank of captain from overseas operations and on November 14, 1944, succeeded the late US Senator Frederick Van Nuys . This first term in Washington ended on January 3, 1945. The following year Jenner ran for the second Senate seat for Indiana and was victorious, whereupon he moved back to Congress on January 3, 1947 .

During his second term, which extended to January 3, 1959 after re-election, Jenner was one of the supporters of Joseph McCarthy in the Senate . After General Douglas MacArthur was recalled as Commander in Chief of US Forces in the Korean War , he called for President Harry S. Truman's impeachment . He publicly declared: “This country is in the hands of an inner circle commanded by agents of the Soviet Union . Our only choice is to remove President Truman from office and find out who is part of the secret invisible government that has so adroitly led our country on the path of destruction. "

Jenner also accused the United Nations of infiltrating the American education system. In 1958 he did not stand for re-election; instead he worked again as a lawyer in Bedford, where he died in 1985.

Individual evidence

↑ Stephen J. Whitfield: The culture of the Cold War (= The American moment ). JHU Press, Baltimore / London 1996, ISBN 0-8018-5195-5 ( limited preview ).

Web links

William E. Jenner in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

William E. Jenner in the database of Find a Grave (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Jenner, William E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Jenner, William Ezra (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	July 21, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH	Marengo , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH	March 9, 1985
Place of death	Bedford , Indiana

[1] Stephen J. Whitfield: The culture of the Cold War (= The American moment ). JHU Press, Baltimore / London 1996, ISBN 0-8018-5195-5 ( limited preview ).