William E. Jenner

Infobox Politician
name =William E. Jenner


order =
caption =
office =Indiana State Senator
term_start =1934
term_end =1942
office1 =United States Senator
term_start1 =November 14, 1941
term_end1 =January 3, 1945
lieutenant1 =
predecessor1 =Samuel D. Jackson
successor1 =Homer E. Capehart
term_start2 =January 4, 1947
term_end2 =January 3, 1959
lieutenant2 =
predecessor2 =Raymond E. Willis
successor2 =Vance Hartke
birth_date= July 21, 1908
birth_place=Marengo, Indiana
death_date=March 9, 1985
death_place=Bedford, Indiana
spouse =
party = Republican
alma_mater =Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington
profession = Lawyer

William Ezra Jenner (July 21, 1908 – March 9, 1985) was a U.S. Republican Indiana State and U.S. Senator.

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. He was elected to the Indiana State Senate in 1934, serving as Minority Leader 1937 – 1939, and Majority Leader and President Pro Tempore 1939 – 1941. To serve in the military upon U.S. entry to World War II, he resigned his seat in 1942. 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. He did run for Indiana's Class I seat in the Senate in 1946; he won and was re-elected in 1952.

In Congress, he was a follower of Joseph McCarthy. He charged, "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." Jenner also opposed the infiltration of the United Nations into American education in 1952. He discovered and brought that information to the attention of the U.S. Senate. In 1958, he was not a candidate for re-nomination. He resumed legal practice in Bedford, Indiana in 1959, where he died on March 9, 1985, at seventy six years of age.

References

* William, Youngs, American Realities, Sixth Edition Volume 2, Eastern Washington University, 2006.

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