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Henry M Jackson American Manager. Born 1912. Died 1983.

Personal: Male. Born in USA.

Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1940 and to each succeeding Congress until 1952, when he was elected to the Senate, where he served until the mid-1980s. During the Eisenhower administration, he was a leading advocate of greater attention to the development of the U.S. missile program.

Bibliography:

Launius, Roger D, NASA Chief Historian, NASA History Office Home Page, Web Address when accessed: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/index.html.

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