Brien McMahon

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Democratic Party politician United States senator human lawyer

Brien McMahon was a U.S. Senator from Connecticut who played a leading role in shaping early American nuclear policy and civilian control of atomic energy.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Democratic Party politician → United States senator → human → lawyer →
advocatedFor	civilian control of atomic energy → international control of nuclear weapons →
appointedBy	Franklin D. Roosevelt →
buriedAt	St. John Cemetery, Norwalk, Connecticut →
causeOfDeath	cancer →
committeeMembership	Joint Committee on Atomic Energy →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1903-10-06 →
dateOfDeath	1952-07-28 →
educatedAt	Fordham University → Yale Law School →
electedIn	1944 United States Senate election in Connecticut →
endTime	1939 → 1952 →
familyName	McMahon →
fieldOfWork	atomic energy policy → law → nuclear policy →
givenName	Brien →
hasHonor	Brien McMahon High School in Norwalk, Connecticut named in his honor → United States Navy submarine USS Brien McMahon (SSBN-642) named in his honor →
legislativeBody	United States Senate →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party →
namedAfter	Brien McMahon High School →
notableWork	Atomic Energy Act of 1946 →
occupation	judge → lawyer → politician →
placeOfBirth	Norwalk, Connecticut, United States →
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C., United States →
positionHeld	Chair of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy → Senator from Connecticut → United States Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division → United States Senator →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
represented	Connecticut →
sexOrGender	male →
sponsorOf	Atomic Energy Act of 1946 →
startTime	1935 → 1945 →
workLocation	Connecticut → Washington, D.C. →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
McMahon Act → Public Law 79-585 →	namedAfter
Atomic Energy Act of 1946 →	introducedBy
Prescott Bush →	precededBy
McMahon Act →	sponsor