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  1. Kenneth Spicer Wherry (February 28, 1892 – November 29, 1951) was an American businessman, attorney, and politician. [1] A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. senator from Nebraska from 1943 until his death in 1951; he was the minority leader for the last two years.

  2. Kenneth Wherry (1892-1951) sold cars, pianos, and livestock, and was a licensed undertaker before entering Republican politics in Nebraska in the 1920s. He served as mayor of Pawnee City before winning election to the U.S. Senate in 1942.

  3. May 28, 2024 · Ken Wherry was the penultimate party man in the Senate. When Ohio’s Senator Robert Taft introduced a public housing bill, Wherry darkly wondered if the Ohioan was drifting toward socialism. Yet Wherry was a constant and oftentimes effective critic of the New Deal and Harry Truman’s Fair Deal.

  4. Kenneth Spicer Wherry was born at Liberty, Nebraska, on February 28, 1892, the son of David Emery and Jessie Comstock Wherry. He received his education in the public schools of Pawnee City and graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1914.

  5. Jun 1, 1970 · Barry D. Karl; The Making of a Political Leader: Kenneth S. Wherry and the United States Senate. By Marvin E. Stromer. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Pre

  6. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29--Senator Kenneth S. Wherry of Nebraska, the Republican floor leader of the Senate and a powerful spokesman of orthodox and isolationist Republicanism, died today at the age...

  7. May 29, 2022 · Kenneth Wherry. Kenneth Spicer Wherry (February 28, 1892 – November 29, 1951) [1] was an American businessman, attorney, and from 1943 until his death a United States Senator for his native Nebraska. He was the Senate Minority Leader for his last two years in office.