Francis Case

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Francis Case
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Personal details
Born
Francis Higbee Case

(1896-12-09)December 9, 1896
Everly, Iowa, U.S.
DiedJune 22, 1962(1962-06-22) (aged 65)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMyrle Graves
Alma materDakota Wesleyan University
Northwestern University
OccupationJournalist
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Marine Corps
United States Army
Battles/warsWorld War I

Francis Higbee Case (December 9, 1896 – June 22, 1962) was an American journalist and politician who served for 25 years as a member of the United States Congress from

Republican
.

Biography

Case was born in

Marine Corps Reserve
.

Immediately after finishing college, he began a 15-year career as a newspaper editor. Until 1922, he was the assistant editor of the Epworth Herald in

Chicago. From 1922 to 1925 he was the telegraph writer and editorial writer for the Daily Journal in Rapid City, South Dakota. From 1925 to 1931 he was the editor and publisher of the Hot Springs Star in Hot Springs, South Dakota. Finally from 1931 until he entered Congress he was the editor and publisher of the Custer Chronicle in Custer, South Dakota
.

U.S. House of Representatives (1937–1951)

Case entered politics in 1934 when he ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives but lost. In 1936, however, he was elected to the U.S. House and served in it for seven terms. Before the United States entered World War II, he was a moderate supporter of isolationism. In 1947–8, he served on the Herter Committee.[2] Case left the House in 1951 when he became a senator.

U.S. Senate (1951–1962)

Case decided to run for the Senate in the 1950 election, and defeated the incumbent

John Chandler Gurney in the Republican primary. In the general election, he easily defeated Democrat John A. Engel receiving 63% of the vote. In his first term in the Senate, he served as chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia from 1953 to 1955, and was a supporter of greater self-rule in the district. In 1954, he served on a committee to investigate censuring Senator Joseph McCarthy. Case was reelected to the Senate in 1956, in a very close race against Democrat Kenneth Holum
, receiving 50.8% of the vote.

Case was known as a moderate senator whose main goals were to expand America's road and waterway infrastructure, particularly in South Dakota. Lake Francis Case, along the Missouri River, is named after him, as is a bridge on I-395 in Washington, D.C. Case voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960,[3][4] but did not vote on the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.[5]

Case served in the Senate from 1951 until his death. He died of a heart attack at the

Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, on June 22, 1962. His death occurred several months before the expiration of his second term in the Senate. he was buried at Black Hills National Cemetery
in Sturgis.

Honors

See also

References

  1. ^ Current Biography, 1946, H.W. Wilson Company,
  2. ^ "Final Report on Foreign Aid of the House Select Committee on Foreign Aid" (PDF). Marshall Foundation. May 1, 1948. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  3. ^ "HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957". GovTrack.us.
  4. ^ "HR. 8601. PASSAGE OF AMENDED BILL".
  5. ^ "S.J. RES. 29. APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION BANNING THE POLL TAX AS PREREQUISITE FOR VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS". GovTrack.us.

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Party political offices
Preceded by
John Chandler Gurney
Class 3)
1950, 1956, 1962
Succeeded by
Joseph H. Bottum
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
United States Representative (2nd District) for South Dakota

1937–1951
Succeeded by
U.S. Senate
Preceded by
J. Chandler Gurney
Karl E. Mundt
Succeeded by
Joseph H. Bottum