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Senate Years of Service: 1981-1987 Party: Republican
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DENTON, Jeremiah Andrew, Jr., a Senator from Alabama; born in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., July
15, 1924; graduated from McGill Institute, Mobile, 1942; attended Spring Hill
College, Mobile, 1942-1943; graduated from the United States Naval Academy,
Annapolis, Md., 1946; completed graduate work at George Washington University,
Washington, D.C., 1964; served in the United States Navy, attaining the rank of
rear admiral 1946-1977; shot down, captured, and held prisoner by North
Vietnamese for 7 years and 7 months; consultant; elected as a Republican to the
United States Senate in 1980 for the term commencing January 3, 1981;
subsequently appointed by the Governor, January 2, 1981, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Donald W. Stewart for the term ending January 3,
1981; served from January 2, 1981, to January 3, 1987; unsuccessful candidate
for reelection in 1986; founder of Denton Associates, Mobile, Ala.; founder of
the National Forum Foundation, Washington, D.C.; is a resident of Williamsburg,
Virg.
BibliographyDenton, Jeremiah A., Jr. When Hell Was in
Session. New York: Readers Digest Press, 1976; Watson, Elbert L.
Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr. In
Alabama United States Senators, pp. 159-60. Huntsville, AL:
Strode Publishers, 1982.
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