William E. Jenner Quotes


Either an unsuspecting stooge or an actual co-conspirator with the most treasonable array of political cutthroats ever turned loose in the Executive Branch of Government.


Context

Referring to General and then Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall:


Citations

William E. Jenner, 1908-1985, U. S. Senator (Republican, IN), Quoted in New York Times, September 16, 1950

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William E. Jenner
William E. Jenner
  • Born: July 21, 1908
  • Died: March 9, 1985
  • Nationality:
  • Profession: Lawyer

William Ezra Jenner was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Indiana. A Republican, Jenner was an Indiana state senator from 1934 to 1942, and a U.S. Senator from 1944 to 1945 and again from 1947 to 1959. In the Senate, Jenner was a supporter of McCarthyism.