William Ezra Jenner (July 21, 1908 – March 9, 1985) was a U.S. Republican politician from the State of Indiana. Jenner was born in Marengo, Crawford County, Indiana. He graduated with a Law degree from Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington in 1930, and set up practice in Paoli, Indiana. In 1934, he was elected to the Indiana State Senate, serving as Minority Leader 1937 – 1939, and Majority Leader and President Pro Tempore 1939 – 1941. In 1942, he resigned his seat to serve in the military upon U.S. entry to World War II. In 1944, he returned from overseas action to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate caused by the death of Frederick Van Nuys and served from November 14, 1944, to January 3, 1945; however, he was not a candidate for election to the full term. In 1946, he did run for Indiana's Class I seat in the the Senate; he won and was re-elected in 1952. In Congress, he was a follower of Joseph McCarthy. He charged that "this country today is in the hands of a secret inner coterie which is directed by agents of the Soviet Union. We must cut this cancerous conspiracy out of our government at once. Our only choice is to impeach President Truman and find out who is the secret invisible government which has so cleverly led our country down the road to destruction." In 1958, he was not a candidate for re-nomination. In 1959, he resumed legal practice in Bedford, Indiana, where he died on March 9, 1985.
| Preceded by Samuel D. Jackson |
United States Senator (Class 3) from Indiana 1944 – 1945 |
Succeeded by Homer E. Capehart |
| Preceded by Raymond E. Willis |
United States Senator (Class 1) from Indiana 1947 – 1959 |
Succeeded by Vance Hartke |
References
William, Youngs, American Realities, Sixth Edition Volume 2, Eastern Washington University, 2006.
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| Class 1: Noble • Hanna • Tipton • White • Bright • Wright • Turpie • T. Hendricks • Pratt • McDonald • Harrison • Turpie • Beveridge • Kern • New • Ralston • Robinson • Minton • Willis • Jenner • Hartke • Lugar Class 3: Taylor • W. Hendricks • Smith • Hannegan • Whitcomb • Cathcart • Pettit • Fitch • Lane • Morton • Voorhees • Fairbanks • Hemenway • Shively • Taggart • Watson • Van Nuys • Jackson • Jenner • Capehart • Bayh II • Quayle • Coats • Bayh III |
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