15 Facts About Clarence Manion

Clarence E "Pat" Manion was an American lawyer and conservative radio talk show host who was dean of Notre Dame Law School from 1941 to 1952.

Clarence Manion hosted the radio show Manion Forum which later aired on television.

Clarence Manion graduated from St Mary's College in Marion County, Kentucky in 1915.

Clarence Manion received a Master of Arts in 1916 and Master of Philosophy in 1918 from Catholic University of America in Washington, DC While at Catholic University, he led an election night rally for Woodrow Wilson's reelection in 1916, leading calls to stay out of World War I In 1922, he graduated from the University of Notre Dame Law School.

In 1925, Clarence Manion became a professor of law at Notre Dame.

Clarence Manion became Dean of Notre Dame Law in 1941.

Clarence Manion ran unsuccessful campaigns for the US House and US Senate in 1932 and 1934, respectively.

Clarence Manion was an active anti-interventionist, and when President Roosevelt began calling for military mobilization in 1940, Clarence Manion joined the America First Committee, a non-partisan organization opposed to American involvement in World War II.

In 1952, following his retirement from Notre Dame, Manion campaigned for Republican Robert A Taft's presidential campaign, though he remained a Democrat.

Clarence Manion spent much of 1953 campaigning for the Bricker Amendment, a constitutional amendment that would reduce presidential authority to negotiate and sign treaties.

Clarence Manion favored its most radical version, which would require a national referendum on any treaty.

Clarence Manion was fired from the Intergovernmental Relations Committee in February 1954, evidently over his support of the Amendment.

In 1956, Manion was a leading backer of T Coleman Andrews's campaign for President, providing the campaign with funding and staffing through For America.

Clarence Manion spent the year campaigning for an effort to draft Barry Goldwater for the Republican nomination, including publishing the best-selling book Conscience of a Conservative, ghost-written for Goldwater by L Brent Bozell Jr.

Clarence Manion died from complications of a stroke on July 29,1979, in South Bend, Indiana, at age 83.