| 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 3 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: |
28 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/Hoffmann_interview_3.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
1960
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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: |
04-Aug-1988
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| Interviewer: |
Ritchie, Donald A.
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| People discussed: |
JFK; John Fitzgerald Kennedy; Kennedy, John F.; Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963
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| Organizations discussed: |
Democratic Party, US; U.S. Congress. Senate
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| Locations discussed: |
District of Columbia; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Democratic Party, US; District of Columbia; JFK; John Fitzgerald Kennedy; Kennedy, John F.; Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963; Labor laws and legislation; Labor movement; Labor unions--Organizing; Legislative bodies--United States; Legislators--United States; Lobbyists; North America; Oral history; Political activists; Political conventions; Political science--United States; Politicians; U.S. Congress. Senate; United States; United States--Officials and employees; United States--Politics and government
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Sargeant at Arms; Steelworkers
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0022085-23008
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