John C. Stennis

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Democratic Party politician United States senator human lawyer

John C. Stennis was a long-serving U.S. Senator from Mississippi known for his influential roles on defense and appropriations committees and his staunchly conservative, segregationist positions during much of the 20th century.

Aliases (2)

John Cornelius Stennis ×1
John Hampton Stennis ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Democratic Party politician → United States senator → human → lawyer →
birthDate	1901-08-03 →
birthPlace	Kemper County, Mississippi, United States →
child	John Hampton Stennis →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1995-04-23 →
deathPlace	Jackson, Mississippi, United States →
educatedAt	Mississippi State University → University of Virginia School of Law →
endTime	1989-01-03 →
familyName	Stennis →
fullName	John Cornelius Stennis →
givenName	John →
heldPosition	district attorney in Mississippi → member of the Mississippi House of Representatives →
honoredBy	USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) →
ideology	conservatism → segregationism →
knownFor	expertise in defense policy → influence on U.S. military spending →
legislativeBody	United States Senate →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party →
militaryBranch	United States Naval Reserve →
namesakeOf	John C. Stennis Space Center → USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) →
notableFor	long tenure in the U.S. Senate → opposition to civil rights legislation in the mid-20th century →
occupation	attorney → politician →
partyAffiliationDuringSenateService	Democratic Party →
positionHeld	United States Senator from Mississippi →
precededBy	Theodore G. Bilbo →
religion	Baptist →
represented	Mississippi →
signed	Southern Manifesto →
spouse	Coy Hines Stennis →
startTime	1947-11-17 →
stateRepresentedInSenate	Mississippi →
succeededBy	Trent Lott →
supportedPolicy	racial segregation →
wasChairpersonOf	United States Senate Committee on Appropriations → United States Senate Committee on Armed Services →
wasMemberOf	United States Senate Committee on Appropriations → United States Senate Committee on Armed Services →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
John C. Stennis ("John Hampton Stennis") →	child
John C. Stennis ("John Cornelius Stennis") →	fullName
Stennis Space Center →	namedAfter
Southern Democrats →	notableMember