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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Thomas Henry Kuchel
|image=Thomas Kuchel of CA.jpg
|office=[[United States Senator]] for [[California]]
|term_star=January 2, 1953
|term_end=January 3, 1969
|predecessor=[[Richard Nixon]]
|successor=[[Alan Cranston]]
|office2=Senate Minority Whip
|term_start2=January 3, 1959
|term_end2=January 3, 1969
|predecessor2=[[Everett Dirksen]]
|successor2=[[Hugh Scott]]
|office3=California State Controller
|governor3=[[Earl Warren]]
|term_start3=February 11, 1946
|term_end3=January 2, 1953
|predecessor3=Harry B. Riley
|successor3=Robert C. Kirkwood
|office4=California State Assemblyman
|term_start4=1937
|term_end4=1941
|predecessor4=Edward Craig
|successor4=Sam L. Collins
|birth_date=August 15, 1910
|birth_place=Anaheim, Orange County, California
|death_date=November 21, 1994 (aged 84)
|death_place=[[Beverly Hills]], [[Los Angeles]], California
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|spouse=Betty Mellenthin Kuchel (married 1942-1994, his death)
|children=One child
|alma_mater=[[University of Southern California]] (BA, LLB)
|branc=[[United States Navy}}
|unit=Navy Reserve
|battles=[[World War II]]
}}
'''Thomas Henry Kuchel''' (pronounced KEY KULL) (August 15, 1910 – November 21, 1994), was an [[attorney]] and a [[Moderate Republican]] [[United States Senator]] from his native [[California]].
He succeeded to the Senate when [[Richard M. Nixon]] became [[Vice President of the United States]] on January 20, 1953. From 1959 to 1969, he was the Senate Minority Whip in which capacity he was a floor manager of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1960]], the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], and the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/s75|title=HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.|publisher=GovTrack.us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/86-1960/s284|title=HR. 8601. PASSAGE OF AMENDED BILL.}}</ref> He also pushed for the ratification of the [[Twenty-fourth Amendment]] to the [[United States Constituion]], which ended poll taxes in federal elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/87-1962/s226|title=S.J. RES. 29. APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION BANNING THE POLL TAX AS PREREQUISITE FOR VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.|publisher=GovTrack.us}}</ref> He worked in 1967 to confirm his fellow [[liberal]], the [[African-American]] [[Thurgood Marshall]], to the [[United States Supreme Court]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/s176|title=CONFIRMATION OF NOMINATION OF THURGOOD MARSHALL, THE FIRST NEGRO APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT.|publisher=GovTrack.us}}</ref> While running for reelection, he did not vote on the [[Civil Rights Act of 1968]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1968/s346|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN SALE OR RENTAL OF HOUSING, AND TO PROHIBIT RACIALLY MOTIVATED INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON EXERCISING HIS CIVIL RIGHTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.}}</ref>
Kuchel was born in Anaheim in Orange County, the home of [[Disneyland]]. His father, Henry, was a [[newspaper]] editor and the former Letitia Bailey.<ref name=obit/> He received his undergraduate and law degrees from the [[University of Southern California. In 1937, he was elected to the California Assembly, a post he filled for a single term until 1941. He was the California state controller from 1946 until he entered the Senate in 1953. He became controller in 1946 under his mentor, [[Governor]] [[Earl Warren]] and left the post upon his election to the Senate.
In his bid for a third full term, Kuchel lost the Republican [[primary]] to [[conservative]] Maxwell "Max" Rafferty, the then California superintendent of public instruction. Rafferty, however, was defeated by the stuanchly liberal [[Alan Cranston]], who like Kuchel was a former controller.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuchel, Thomas]]
[[Category:California]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Former United States Senators]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Moderate Republicans]]
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:United States Navy]]
|name=Thomas Henry Kuchel
|image=Thomas Kuchel of CA.jpg
|office=[[United States Senator]] for [[California]]
|term_star=January 2, 1953
|term_end=January 3, 1969
|predecessor=[[Richard Nixon]]
|successor=[[Alan Cranston]]
|office2=Senate Minority Whip
|term_start2=January 3, 1959
|term_end2=January 3, 1969
|predecessor2=[[Everett Dirksen]]
|successor2=[[Hugh Scott]]
|office3=California State Controller
|governor3=[[Earl Warren]]
|term_start3=February 11, 1946
|term_end3=January 2, 1953
|predecessor3=Harry B. Riley
|successor3=Robert C. Kirkwood
|office4=California State Assemblyman
|term_start4=1937
|term_end4=1941
|predecessor4=Edward Craig
|successor4=Sam L. Collins
|birth_date=August 15, 1910
|birth_place=Anaheim, Orange County, California
|death_date=November 21, 1994 (aged 84)
|death_place=[[Beverly Hills]], [[Los Angeles]], California
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|spouse=Betty Mellenthin Kuchel (married 1942-1994, his death)
|children=One child
|alma_mater=[[University of Southern California]] (BA, LLB)
|branc=[[United States Navy}}
|unit=Navy Reserve
|battles=[[World War II]]
}}
'''Thomas Henry Kuchel''' (pronounced KEY KULL) (August 15, 1910 – November 21, 1994), was an [[attorney]] and a [[Moderate Republican]] [[United States Senator]] from his native [[California]].
He succeeded to the Senate when [[Richard M. Nixon]] became [[Vice President of the United States]] on January 20, 1953. From 1959 to 1969, he was the Senate Minority Whip in which capacity he was a floor manager of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1960]], the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], and the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/s75|title=HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.|publisher=GovTrack.us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/86-1960/s284|title=HR. 8601. PASSAGE OF AMENDED BILL.}}</ref> He also pushed for the ratification of the [[Twenty-fourth Amendment]] to the [[United States Constituion]], which ended poll taxes in federal elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/87-1962/s226|title=S.J. RES. 29. APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION BANNING THE POLL TAX AS PREREQUISITE FOR VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.|publisher=GovTrack.us}}</ref> He worked in 1967 to confirm his fellow [[liberal]], the [[African-American]] [[Thurgood Marshall]], to the [[United States Supreme Court]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/s176|title=CONFIRMATION OF NOMINATION OF THURGOOD MARSHALL, THE FIRST NEGRO APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT.|publisher=GovTrack.us}}</ref> While running for reelection, he did not vote on the [[Civil Rights Act of 1968]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1968/s346|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN SALE OR RENTAL OF HOUSING, AND TO PROHIBIT RACIALLY MOTIVATED INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON EXERCISING HIS CIVIL RIGHTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.}}</ref>
Kuchel was born in Anaheim in Orange County, the home of [[Disneyland]]. His father, Henry, was a [[newspaper]] editor and the former Letitia Bailey.<ref name=obit/> He received his undergraduate and law degrees from the [[University of Southern California. In 1937, he was elected to the California Assembly, a post he filled for a single term until 1941. He was the California state controller from 1946 until he entered the Senate in 1953. He became controller in 1946 under his mentor, [[Governor]] [[Earl Warren]] and left the post upon his election to the Senate.
In his bid for a third full term, Kuchel lost the Republican [[primary]] to [[conservative]] Maxwell "Max" Rafferty, the then California superintendent of public instruction. Rafferty, however, was defeated by the stuanchly liberal [[Alan Cranston]], who like Kuchel was a former controller.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuchel, Thomas]]
[[Category:California]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Former United States Senators]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Moderate Republicans]]
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:United States Navy]]