During the Korean War, this man, then serving in the House, complained that "Korea has become a meat grinder of American manhood" and suggested a "cataclysmic" ending to the war by permanently irradiating the border between North and South Korea. This Occidental Petroleum vice-president's last two elections were a close victory over "Talking Horse" Dan Kuykendall and a loss to Bill Brock. Along with Lyndon Johnson and his own state-mate (*) Estes Kefauver, he was one of three Southern Senators who refused to sign the pr
During the Korean War, this man, then serving in the House, complained that "Korea has become a meat grinder of American manhood" and suggested a "cataclysmic" ending to the war by permanently irradiating the border between North and South Korea. This Occidental Petroleum vice-president's last two elections were a close victory over "Talking Horse" Dan Kuykendall and a loss to Bill Brock. Along with Lyndon Johnson and his own state-mate (*) Estes Kefauver, he was one of three Southern Senators who refused to sign the pro-segregation Southern Manifesto. For 10 points, name this three-term Tennessee Senator, a Democrat whose son held the same office before becoming Vice-President in 1993.
During the Korean War, this man, then serving in the House, complained that "Korea has become a meat grinder of American manhood" and suggested a "cataclysmic" ending to the war by permanently irradiating the border between North and South Korea.
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Sr. [prompt on Albert Arnold "Al" Gore]