Senator Owen Brewster

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Senator Owen Brewster was a mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Maine known for his involvement in high-profile political battles, including clashes with aviation magnate Howard Hughes.

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Senator Owen Brewster canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
United States senator
human
member of the Republican Party (United States)
burialPlace Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Dexter, Maine
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1888-02-22
dateOfDeath 1961-12-25
educatedAt Bowdoin College
Harvard Law School
electedIn 1940 United States Senate election in Maine
endTime 1952-01-03
familyName Brewster
givenName Ralph
honorificPrefix Senator
memberOf Maine House of Representatives
United States Senate
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
nativeLanguage English
nickname Owen
notableFor involvement in investigations of the aviation industry
political conflicts with aviation magnate Howard Hughes
service as United States senator from Maine during the mid-20th century
occupation lawyer
politician
officeContested Governor of Maine
United States Senate seat from Maine
officeHeldEnd Governor of Maine term ending 1929
officeHeldStart Governor of Maine term starting 1925
participatedIn United States Senate investigations of wartime aviation contracts
partyAffiliation Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
placeOfBirth Dexter, Maine NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Brookline
surface form: Brookline, Massachusetts
positionHeld Governor of Maine
United States senator
member of the Maine House of Representatives
religion Baptist
represented Maine
residence Maine
sexOrGender male
spouse Dorothea McCloy
startTime 1941-01-03
stateRepresentedInSenate Maine
wasInOfficeDuring World War II
early Cold War period
workLocation Washington, D.C.

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Description of subject: Senator Owen Brewster was a mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Maine known for his involvement in high-profile political battles, including clashes with aviation magnate Howard Hughes.

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The Aviator portraysCharacter Senator Owen Brewster