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==U.S. Senate== | ==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]],<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1954/s271 S. RES. 301. PASSAGE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref> a [[Wisconsin]] senator who exposed [[communist]] infiltration of the United States government. | 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]],<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1954/s271 S. RES. 301. PASSAGE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref> a [[Wisconsin]] senator who exposed [[communist]] infiltration of the United States government. | ||
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| + | Purtell voted in favor of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1957]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/s75 HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 19:02, 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.
Purtell voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.[2]
References
- ↑ S. RES. 301. PASSAGE.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ↑ HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
External links
- Profile at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress