Stuart Symington Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
William Stuart Symington Jr. (/ˈsaɪmɪŋtən/; June 26, 1901 – December 14, 1988) was an American businessman and politician from Missouri. He served as the first Secretary of the Air Force from 1947 to 1950 and was a Democratic United States Senator from Missouri from 1953 to 1976.
The problem of nuclear proliferation which now confronts us will not be easily solved. It is now all too clear, however, that we must do our best to find solutions. If we do not, the arrival of Armageddon is only a question of time.
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What will bring this country down more than anything else is the long failure to balance the government budget. The greater danger to this country is from inside.
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The word that means the most to me is the word realistic. I would like to think I am liberal about people and conservative about money.
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Symington was a long time friend of Bob Hope, who he first met during the 1948 "Christmas Caravan" for the air crews of the Berlin Airlift. Symington and Hope shared a passion for golf. In the U.S. Senate Symington introduced a resolution (P.L. 87-478, 76 Stat. 93) approved on June 8, 1962 awarding a Congressional Gold Medal to Hope "in recognition of his having rendered outstanding service to the cause of democracies throughout the world." Accepting the medal at a White House ceremony on September 11, 1963, Hope said, "I want to thank the Defense Department, and especially Stuart Symington who started all our Christmas trips and has been more or less a den mother to all of us all these years.".
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His father in law James W. Wadsworth, Jr. served as Republican U.S. Senator from New York 1915-1927, and as Republican U.S. Representative from New York, 1933-1951.
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His son James Wadsworth Symington served as Democratic U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1969-1977.
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Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 820-822. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
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Interred in a crypt in Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Administrator of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1951-1952.
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Chairman of National Security Resources Board. 1950-1951.
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First Secretary of the Air Force, 1947-1950.
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U.S. senator from Missouri; term of service: 3 January 1953 - 27 December 1976 (resigned before term ended; was not a candidate for reelection in 1976).
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gillette Cavalcade of Sports
1951
TV Series
Himself - Audience Member
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1967
TV Series
Himself - Guest
World Wide '60
1960
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Speeches Collection: John F. Kennedy
1990
Video documentary
Himself - 1960 Convention Beside Humphrey
McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter
1975
Documentary
Himself - US Senator
Point of Order!
1964
Documentary
Himself - U.S. Senator, Missouri
Known for movies
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967) as Himself - Guest
World Wide '60 (1960) as Himself
Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1951) as Himself - Audience Member
$1.4 Million
