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Gerald Prentice Nye (December 19, 1892 – July 17, 1971) was an American politician who represented North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1925 to 1945. Nye rose to national fame in the 1930s as chair of the Special Committee on Investigation of the Munitions Industry , which studied the causes of United States' involvement ...
Gerald Prentice Nye (19 de diciembre de 1892 - 17 de julio de 1971) fue un político estadounidense que representó a Dakota del Norte en el Senado de los Estados Unidos de 1925 a 1945. Era republicano y partidario del Partido Mundial.
22 de may. de 2022 · By Jayme L. Job. Published May 22, 2022 at 1:57 PM CDT. 12/7/2010: Most people are aware that today marks the 69th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but few North Dakotans likely recall the epic political blunder that Senator Gerald Nye also made on that day.
The Nye Committee, officially known as the Special Committee on Investigation of the Munitions Industry, was a United States Senate committee (April 12, 1934 – February 24, 1936), chaired by U.S. Senator Gerald Nye (R-ND). The committee investigated the financial and banking interests that underlay the United States ' involvement ...
To lead the seven-member special committee, the Senate’s Democratic majority chose a Republican—42-year-old North Dakota senator Gerald P. Nye. Typical of western agrarian progressives, Nye energetically opposed U.S. involvement in foreign wars.
Gerald Nye (1892-1971) was a U.S. Senator from North Dakota for 19 years. During his tenure, Nye gained national headlines for his leadership in several Senate investigations, including the Teapot Dome scandal and the inquiry into the business practices of munitions makers during World War I.
America has not always presented a united front of support in times of war. An opponent of American entry into WWII, North Dakota Senator Gerald P Nye's will...
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