| Title: |
Francis O. Wilcox
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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 2 of Series Francis O. Wilcox
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| Description: |
When the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 authorized the first professional staffs of Senate committees, Senators Arthur Vandenberg and Tom Connally jointly appointed Francis Wilcox to become the first chief of staff of the Foreign Relations Committee. His service corresponded with the beginning of the Cold War and the zenith of bipartisan foreign policy. During those years the committee dealt with such momentous issues as the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and formation of NATO. Wilcox devotes much of his oral history to discussing the forces and personalities that both facilitated bipartisanship and eventually unraveled it.
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| Extent: |
25 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/wilcox_interview_2.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
1945 to 1973
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| Speaker: |
Wilcox, Francis O., 1908-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
9-Apr-1908
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Chief of staff
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| Age at speaking: |
76
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| Document date: |
10-Feb-1984
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| Interviewer: |
Ritchie, Donald A.
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Congress. Senate; U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
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| Locations discussed: |
District of Columbia; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
District of Columbia; Federal government; International relations; Legislative bodies--United States; Legislators--United States; North America; Oral history; Political science--United States; Politicians; U.S. Congress. Senate; U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations; United States; United States--Officials and employees; United States--Politics and government
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
80th Congress; Bipartisan
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0022116-23127
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