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Senate Years of Service: 1947-1953 Party: Republican
KEM, James Preston, a Senator from Missouri; born in Macon, Mo., April 2, 1890; attended Blees
Military Academy; graduated from the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1910, and from Harvard
Law School in 1913; admitted to the bar in 1913 and commenced practice in Kansas City, Mo.;
during the First World War served in the infantry 1917-1919; resumed the general practice of law in
Kansas City, Mo.; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1946 and served from
January 3, 1947, to January 3, 1953; was unsuccessful for reelection in 1952; resumed the practice
of law in Washington, D.C., until retirement in 1961; resided at Sherwood, The Plains, Va., and
engaged in the breeding of Angus cattle; died in Charlottesville, Va., February 24, 1965; interment in
Middleburg Memorial Cemetery, Middleburg, Va.
BibliographyAtwell, Mary W. A Conservative Response to the Cold
War: James P. Kem and Foreign Aid. Capitol Studies 4 (Fall 1976): 53-66.
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