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'''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]] for 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>
'''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]] for a district in [[Miami]] and Miami Beach. He was also known for support of issues 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>
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>