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A Short Biography of James William Fulbright

Author Name:

James William Fulbright

Born As:

James William Fulbright

Other Names:

James William Fulbright

Born:

9 Apr 1905

Died:

9 Feb 1995




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Southern Democrat Politician                          
                          
                          
1905–95, U.S. Senator from Arkansas (1945–75)                          
A Rhodes scholar, he was admitted (1934) to the bar and served (1934–35) in the antitrust division of the U.S. Dept of Justice. He taught law at George Washington Univ. law school (1935–36) and at the Univ. of Arkansas (1936–39), becoming president of the university (1939–41). In 1942 Fulbright was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives and in 1944 to the Senate. He gained international recognition from the Fulbright Act (1946), which provided for the exchange of students and teachers between the United States and many other countries. He was one of the first to criticize Senator Joseph McCarthy’s investigations into reputed Communist influence in the United States and was instrumental in bringing about McCarthy’s downfall.