William Pat Jennings

W. Pat Jennings (1971)

William Pat Jennings (born August 20, 1919 in Camp , Smyth County , Virginia , † August 2, 1994 in Marion , Virginia) was an American politician . He represented the state of Virginia as a member of the US House of Representatives .

Career

Pat Jennings was born on August 20, 1919 on a Smyth County farm where he attended public school. He then made his Bachelor of Science in 1941 at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg . During the Second World War he enlisted in the US Army in July 1941 . He served first two years in the United States, then two more years in Europe and finally half a year with the 29th Infantry as platoon commander, company commander and operations officer. He then served as an instructor for the Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Illinois . He was then dismissed with the rank of major in May 1946. After that he was an automobile and farm equipment dealer in Marion from 1946 until his death. He was also active in animal husbandry.

Jennings was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1968. He was also elected Sheriff of Smyth County in 1947 and re-elected in 1951. He carried out this activity until 1954. He was then elected as a Democrat in the 84th and five subsequent Congresses. His tenure as representative of the ninth constituency of Virginia ran from January 3, 1955 to January 3, 1967. He ran for the 90th Congress in 1966, but failed. From January 10, 1967 to his resignation on November 15, 1975, he was the successor to Ralph R. Roberts held the administrative post of clerk in the House of Representatives. After that, Jennings was president of the Slurry Transport Association .

During his tenure in Congress as a member of parliament, he was involved in the 1956 constitution of the Southern Manifesto , which spoke out against racial integration in public institutions.

Web links

• William Pat Jennings in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)