Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1903, Oct. 6 | Born, Norwalk, Conn. |
| 1924 | A.B., Fordham University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1927 | LL.B., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.; admitted to Connecticut bar |
| 1933 | Judge, city court, Norwalk, Conn. |
| 1933-1935 | Special assistant to United States attorney general |
| 1935-1936 | Acting assistant attorney general |
| 1936 | Became assistant attorney general in charge of Criminal Division |
| 1938 | In charge of prosecution of Harlan County Coal Operators Associations |
| 1939 | Chairman, Attorney General’s Committee on Survey of Release Procedures |
| 1940 | Married Rosemary Turner |
| 1944 | Elected United States senator from Connecticut |
| 1945-1947 | Chairman, Special Committee on Atomic Energy, United States Senate |
| 1946 | McMahon Act for the Control of Atomic Energy (S.1717) signed by President Harry S. Truman |
| 1950 | Reelected United States senator |
| 1951 | Advocated six-fold expansion of atomic bomb program |
| 1952 | Promoted as a Democratic Party presidential possibility |
| 1952, July 28 | Died, Washington, D.C. |