1. Herman Orville Welker was an American politician from the state of Idaho.
19 Facts About Herman Welker
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Herman Welker was a member of the Idaho Republican Party and served one term in the United States Senate, from 1951 to 1957.
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Herman Welker was the grandson of Rev George W Welker of North Carolina.
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Herman Welker attended grade school in Cambridge and high school in Weiser.
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Herman Welker switched to the College of Law in 1926 and graduated with an LL.
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Herman Welker was re-elected and served as prosecutor from 1929 to 1935.
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In 1937, Herman Welker moved to Los Angeles, where he had a private practice until 1943, when he enlisted in the US Army Air Forces for World War II.
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Herman Welker served until 1944, when he returned to Idaho and began to practice law in Payette.
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Herman Welker was a member of the state senate from 1949 to 1951.
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In in 1950, Herman Welker ran for the US Senate, as both seats were up for election that year.
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Herman Welker gained seats on several important committees, including the Armed Services and Judiciary committees.
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Herman Welker soon distinguished himself as one of the most conservative and anticommunist senators, becoming a leading member and spokesperson for the Republican Party's right wing.
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Herman Welker was one of 22 Republicans who voted against the censure of McCarthy in 1954 for these "red scare" communist witch hunts, and his so-called "lavender scare" tactics aimed at homosexuals in government.
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Herman Welker threatened Hunt, a staunch opponent of McCarthy's tactics, that if he did not immediately resign from the Senate and end his re-election bid that year, Herman Welker would see that the younger Hunt's arrest for soliciting an undercover policeman was prosecuted and would widely publicize Hunt Jr.
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Herman Welker threatened Inspector Roy Blick of the Morals Division of the Washington Police Department with the loss of his job if he failed to prosecute the younger Hunt.
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In 1956, Herman Welker ran for a second term in the Senate.
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Herman Welker was admitted on October 16,1957, where he was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
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Herman Welker's funeral was at Fort Myer and he was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.
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Herman Welker married Gladys Taylor Pence in 1930, and they had a daughter, Nancy.