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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Claude Denson Pepper
|image=Claude Pepper of FL.jpg
|office=[[United States Senator]] for [[Florida]]
|term_start=November 4, 1936
|term_end=January 3, 1951
|preceded=William Luther Hill
|succeeded=[[George Smathers]]
|office2=[[U.S. Representative]] for District 3<br> (since renumbered several times) ([[Miami]] and Miami Beach)
|term_start2=January 3, 1963
|term_end2=May 30, 1989
|preceded2=Robert Lee Fulton "Bob" Sikes
|succeeded2=[[Illeana Ros-Lehtinen]]
|office3=Chairman of the<br>
House Rules Committee
| term_start3=January 3, 1983
| term_end3=May 30, 1989
| preceded3=Richard Walker Bolling
| succeeded3=Joe Moakley
| birth_date=September 8, 1900
| birth_place=Near Dudleyville<br>Chambers County, [[Alabama]]
| death_date=May 30, 1989 (aged 88)
| death_place=[[Washington, D.C.]]
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| spouse=Mildred Webster Pepper (married 1931-1979, her death)<br>
|children=No children
'''Parents''':<br>
Joseph Wheeler Pepper (1873-1945)<br>
Lena Corine Talbot Pepper (1877-1961)
| alma_mater=Camp Hill High School<br>
[[University of Alabama]]<br>
[[Harvard Law School]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]], [[Professor]]
| office4=Member of the<br>
Florida House of Representatives]]
| term_start3= 1929
| term_end3=1931
|branch=[[United States Army]]<br>
(the former Student Army Training Corps)
|battles=[[World War I]]
}}
'''Claude Denson Pepper''' (September 8, 1900 – May 30, 1989) was a prominent leader of [[liberal]]s in the U.S. state of [[Florida]] from the 1930s to the 1980s. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], he served in the [[United States Senate]] from 1936 to 1951 and the [[United States House of Representatives from a district in [[Miami]] and Miami Beach. He was also known too for support forissues important to the elderly.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url= http://movies2.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0908.html|author=Reginald Thomas|date=May 31, 1989|title=Claude Pepper, Fiery Fighter for Elderly Rights, Dies at 88|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|accesdate=February 25, 2021}}</ref>
Pepper was born on a farm near Dudleyville in Chambers County, [[Alabama]], and graduate in 1917 from Camp Hill High School. For a time, he operated a hat cleaning and repair business, taught school in Dothan in southeastern Alabama, and worked in a steel mill before he began his studies at the [[University of Alabama]]. He served in the [[United States Army]] in [[World War I]], and in 1921 received a bachelor's degree from the [[University of Alabama]] at [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]]. He taught law at the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville, where one of his students was later senatorial colleague [[J. William Fulbright]], subsequently the UA president. In 1924, he graduated from [[Harvard Law School]] in Cambridge, [[Massachusetts]], and later opened his legal practice in Perry in Taylor County in northern Florida.<ref>Ric A. Kabat, "From Camp Hill to Harvard Yard : The early years of Claude D. Pepper," ''The Florida Historical Quarterly,'' October 1, 1993, pp. 153=179.</ref>
After one term as a state representative, Pepper won the 1936 [[special election]] to succeed Senator Duncan U. Fletcher. Pepper was a strong advocate for the [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] administration and backed the passage of the [[Fair Labor Standards Act]] of 1938, the last of the major [[New Deal]] legislation. After [[World War II]] ended, Pepper was conciliatory toward [[Joseph Stalin]] and the former [[Soviet Union]]. He even opposed the 1948 nomination of [[Harry Truman]]. Pepper was unseated in the regular 1950 Senate election by the more [[conservative]] [[George Smathers]], then a two-term U.S. Representative from House District 4. Pepper returned to his law practice in 1951, this time in the capital city of [[Tallahassee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fsuspecialcollections.wordpress.com/2015/05/04/claude-peppers-time-in-tallahassee/|author=Mallary Rawls|title=Claude Pepper's Time in Tallahassee|publisher=Florida State University Special Collections |date=May 4, 2015|accessdate=February 25, 2021}}</ref>
Thirteen years later, Pepper was elected from the then newly-established District 3 (since renumbered multiple times) seat in the U.S. House. as a representative, he stressed his [[anti-communist]] position and was critical of [[Cuba]]n dictator [[Fidel Castro]], who was unpopular in south Florida at that time. He chaired the House Permanent Select Committee on Aging and attempted to strengthen [[Social Security and [[Medicare]]. From 1983 to 1989, he chaired the House Rules Committee. Upon his death at the age of eighty-eight, he was honored with a state funeral. Eleven years later, the [[United States Postal Service]] issued a stamp in his honor.<ref name=obit/>
==References==
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[[Category:Florida]]
[[Category:Alabama]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Professors]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Former United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Former United States Senators]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Liberals]]
|name=Claude Denson Pepper
|image=Claude Pepper of FL.jpg
|office=[[United States Senator]] for [[Florida]]
|term_start=November 4, 1936
|term_end=January 3, 1951
|preceded=William Luther Hill
|succeeded=[[George Smathers]]
|office2=[[U.S. Representative]] for District 3<br> (since renumbered several times) ([[Miami]] and Miami Beach)
|term_start2=January 3, 1963
|term_end2=May 30, 1989
|preceded2=Robert Lee Fulton "Bob" Sikes
|succeeded2=[[Illeana Ros-Lehtinen]]
|office3=Chairman of the<br>
House Rules Committee
| term_start3=January 3, 1983
| term_end3=May 30, 1989
| preceded3=Richard Walker Bolling
| succeeded3=Joe Moakley
| birth_date=September 8, 1900
| birth_place=Near Dudleyville<br>Chambers County, [[Alabama]]
| death_date=May 30, 1989 (aged 88)
| death_place=[[Washington, D.C.]]
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| spouse=Mildred Webster Pepper (married 1931-1979, her death)<br>
|children=No children
'''Parents''':<br>
Joseph Wheeler Pepper (1873-1945)<br>
Lena Corine Talbot Pepper (1877-1961)
| alma_mater=Camp Hill High School<br>
[[University of Alabama]]<br>
[[Harvard Law School]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]], [[Professor]]
| office4=Member of the<br>
Florida House of Representatives]]
| term_start3= 1929
| term_end3=1931
|branch=[[United States Army]]<br>
(the former Student Army Training Corps)
|battles=[[World War I]]
}}
'''Claude Denson Pepper''' (September 8, 1900 – May 30, 1989) was a prominent leader of [[liberal]]s in the U.S. state of [[Florida]] from the 1930s to the 1980s. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], he served in the [[United States Senate]] from 1936 to 1951 and the [[United States House of Representatives from a district in [[Miami]] and Miami Beach. He was also known too for support forissues important to the elderly.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url= http://movies2.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0908.html|author=Reginald Thomas|date=May 31, 1989|title=Claude Pepper, Fiery Fighter for Elderly Rights, Dies at 88|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|accesdate=February 25, 2021}}</ref>
Pepper was born on a farm near Dudleyville in Chambers County, [[Alabama]], and graduate in 1917 from Camp Hill High School. For a time, he operated a hat cleaning and repair business, taught school in Dothan in southeastern Alabama, and worked in a steel mill before he began his studies at the [[University of Alabama]]. He served in the [[United States Army]] in [[World War I]], and in 1921 received a bachelor's degree from the [[University of Alabama]] at [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]]. He taught law at the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville, where one of his students was later senatorial colleague [[J. William Fulbright]], subsequently the UA president. In 1924, he graduated from [[Harvard Law School]] in Cambridge, [[Massachusetts]], and later opened his legal practice in Perry in Taylor County in northern Florida.<ref>Ric A. Kabat, "From Camp Hill to Harvard Yard : The early years of Claude D. Pepper," ''The Florida Historical Quarterly,'' October 1, 1993, pp. 153=179.</ref>
After one term as a state representative, Pepper won the 1936 [[special election]] to succeed Senator Duncan U. Fletcher. Pepper was a strong advocate for the [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] administration and backed the passage of the [[Fair Labor Standards Act]] of 1938, the last of the major [[New Deal]] legislation. After [[World War II]] ended, Pepper was conciliatory toward [[Joseph Stalin]] and the former [[Soviet Union]]. He even opposed the 1948 nomination of [[Harry Truman]]. Pepper was unseated in the regular 1950 Senate election by the more [[conservative]] [[George Smathers]], then a two-term U.S. Representative from House District 4. Pepper returned to his law practice in 1951, this time in the capital city of [[Tallahassee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fsuspecialcollections.wordpress.com/2015/05/04/claude-peppers-time-in-tallahassee/|author=Mallary Rawls|title=Claude Pepper's Time in Tallahassee|publisher=Florida State University Special Collections |date=May 4, 2015|accessdate=February 25, 2021}}</ref>
Thirteen years later, Pepper was elected from the then newly-established District 3 (since renumbered multiple times) seat in the U.S. House. as a representative, he stressed his [[anti-communist]] position and was critical of [[Cuba]]n dictator [[Fidel Castro]], who was unpopular in south Florida at that time. He chaired the House Permanent Select Committee on Aging and attempted to strengthen [[Social Security and [[Medicare]]. From 1983 to 1989, he chaired the House Rules Committee. Upon his death at the age of eighty-eight, he was honored with a state funeral. Eleven years later, the [[United States Postal Service]] issued a stamp in his honor.<ref name=obit/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pepper, Claude]]
[[Category:Florida]]
[[Category:Alabama]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Professors]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Former United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Former United States Senators]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Liberals]]