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Revision as of 19:00, April 25, 2021
William Arthur Purtell (May 6, 1897 – May 31, 1978) was a Connecticut Republican who served in the United States Senate from the state during the 1950s.
U.S. Senate
Purtell was one of only twenty-two Republicans (including Barry Goldwater, Everett Dirksen, Styles Bridges, and Bourke Hickenlooper) who voted against the censure of Joseph McCarthy,[1] a Wisconsin senator who exposed communist infiltration of the United States government.
References
- ↑ S. RES. 301. PASSAGE.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
External links
- Profile at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress