3 1938-1957 US Senate & Congressional Signed Passes, Kuchel, McDonald

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Three 1938-1957 US Senate and Congressional signed passes.  The 1957 US Senate pass, Senator Thomas Kuchel who was
the Senator that filled Senator Richard Nixon’s Senate vacancy when Nixon became Vice President.
The 1957 House of Representatives pass is from California Congressman Gordon McDonald.  The signature on the 1938 House pass is harder to read.
T%he three passes are about 4 - 4 3/8 x 2 ¾ inches in size.  The passes are in nice condition with no tears or creases.
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Thomas Kuchel
Thomas Henry Kuchel
(
/ˈkiːkəl/
KEE
-kəl
; August 15, 1910 – November 21, 1994)
[1]
was a moderate
Republican
US Senator
from
California
. From 1959 to 1969, he was the
minority whip
in the Senate,
[2]
where he was the co-manager on the floor for the
Civil Rights Act of 1964
and the
Voting Rights Act of 1965
.
[3]
Kuchel voted in favor of the
Civil Rights Acts of 1957
,
[4]
1960
,
[5]
and
1964
,
[6]
as well as the
24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
,
[7]
the
Voting Rights Act of 1965
,
[8]
and the confirmation of
Thurgood Marshall
to the
U.S. Supreme Court
,
[9]
while Kuchel did not vote on the
Civil Rights Act of 1968
.
[10]
Gordon L. McDonough
Gordon Leo McDonough
(January 2, 1895 – June 25, 1968) was a
U.S. Representative
from
California
.
Born in
Buffalo, New York
, McDonough moved with his parents to
Emporium, Pennsylvania
, in 1898. He attended the public schools and graduated from the high school at
Emporium, Pennsylvania
. He engaged as an industrial chemist at
Emporium, Pennsylvania
from 1915 to 1918. He moved to
Los Angeles, California
, and resumed his former occupation from 1918 to 1933. Married to Catherine McNeil, he raised seven children. He served as member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1933 to 1944, serving as chairman for one year.
McDonough was elected as a
Republican
to the
Seventy-ninth
and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1963). He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1962 to the
Eighty-eighth
Congress. McDonough voted in favor of the
Civil Rights Acts of 1957
and
1960
,
[1]
[2]
as well as the
24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
.
[3]
He died in
Bethesda, Maryland
, June 25, 1968, and was interred in Holy Cross Mausoleum,
Los Angeles, California
.