Warren Magnuson Quotes
He is the only guy I know that could strut sitting down.
Context
Referring to Admiral Lewis Strauss, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission who was nominated by Eisenhower as Secretary of Commerce and then rejected by the Senate:
Citations
Warren G. Magnuson, U. S. Congressman & U.S. Senator (Democrat, WA), Quoted in Miller, Lyndon: An Oral Biography, Putnam, 1980
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Warren Grant "Maggie" Magnuson was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1937–1944) and a U.S. Senator (1944–1981) from Washington. He served over 36 years in the Senate, and was its most senior member during his final two years in office.