| Title: |
F. Nordy Hoffman
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
U.S. Congress. Senate. Historical Office
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| Collection: |
Senate Oral History Project
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| Series: |
Item 1 of Series F. Nordy Hoffman
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| Description: |
A former Notre Dame football player under coach Knute Rockne, Nordy Hoffmann looked like a Sergeant at Arms. During the 1930s he had been an aide to Philip Murray, president of the United Steelworkers of America and head of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). Murray sent Hoffmann to Washington to reorganize lobbying efforts for the Steelworkers. His activities as a lobbyist and his fund raising for Democratic congressional candidates led to his appointment to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in 1967. As a result of the associations he made during those years, Hoffmann was elected Senate Sergeant at Arms in 1975, which placed him in charge of Senate security, protocol, computers and numerous other essential services.
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| Extent: |
25 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/Hoffman_interview_1.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
1909 to 1975
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| Speaker: |
Hoffman, F. Nordy, 1909-1996
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
19-Dec-1909
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Seattle, WA; Washington; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Government employee
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| Age at speaking: |
79
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| Document date: |
28-Jun-1988
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| Interviewer: |
Ritchie, Donald A.
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Congress. Senate; University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
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| Historical events discussed: |
Great Depression, 1929-1941
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| Locations discussed: |
District of Columbia; Indiana; North America; Seattle, WA; United States; Washington
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Biography; College sports; Depressions--1929--United States; District of Columbia; Education; Education, Higher; Family; Family--History; Football; Great Depression, 1929-1941; Indiana; Legislative bodies--United States; Legislators--United States; North America; Oral history; Political activists; Seattle, WA; U.S. Congress. Senate; United States; United States--Officials and employees; United States--Politics and government; Universities and colleges; University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN; Washington
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Sargeant at Arms
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0022083-23004
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