James William Fulbright (April 9 1905 – February 9 1995) was a United States Senator representing Arkansas from 1945 to 1975.Fulbright was a Southern Democrat and a staunch multilateralist who supported the creation of the United Nations and the longest serving chairman in the history of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was also a segregationist who signed the Southern Manifesto.
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active years end date
1945-01-03, 1959-01-03, 1974-12-31
active years start date
1943-01-03, 1945-01-03, 1955-01-03, 1959-01-03
alma mater
University of Arkansas, University of Oxford, George Washington University, Pembroke College Oxford
birth date
1905-04-09
birth place
Missouri, Sumner Missouri
death date
1995-02-09
death place
Washington D.C.
nationality
United States
order in office
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency
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