This dedicated New Dealer and foreign policy interventionist was elected to the House of Representatives twelve years after losing his Senate seat.
This man angered the sitting president at the national convention by first nominating Dwight Eisenhower and, after Eisenhower refused, himself for the party's presidential candidate. He and Estes Kefauver sponsored an amendment to the Servicemen's Ballot Act that would have eliminated poll tax for men serving in the military. Nicknamed "Mr. Social Security" for his advocacy of the elderly, one of his last major legislative accomplishments was raising the minimum mandatory retirement from 65 to 70. This dedicated New Dealer and foreign policy interventionist was elected to the House of Representatives twelve years after losing his Senate seat. His opponent in the Senate race did not really accuse this man of being "a (*) shameless extrovert" or of having "habitually practiced celibacy" before marriage, but George Smathers did give him the nickname "Red" for his leftist leanings. For 10 points, name this Florida Democrat.
This man angered the sitting president at the national convention by first nominating Dwight Eisenhower and, after Eisenhower refused, himself for the party's presidential candidate.
Claude Pepper