1. Jerry Lon Litton was an American politician from Missouri who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Missouri's 6th congressional district from 1973 until his death in 1976.
12 Facts About Jerry Litton
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Jerry Litton was born near Lock Springs, Daviess County, Missouri, in a house without electricity.
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Jerry Litton was president of the University of Missouri Young Democrats and chair of the National Youth for Stuart Symington during Symington's unsuccessful 1960 run for US President.
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Jerry Litton served as President of the Theta chapter of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity.
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Jerry Litton made his fortune raising cattle at the Litton Charolais Cattle Ranch in Chillicothe, Missouri.
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Jerry Litton made a point to bring schoolchildren and low-level local leaders to his home.
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Jerry Litton's family was very prominent in the Charolais cattle business.
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Jerry Litton was elected to the US House as a Democrat in 1972.
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Jerry Litton was considered a rising star in the Democratic Party, and his television show Dialogue with Litton was broadcast statewide.
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Jimmy Carter said that he thought Jerry Litton would be president one day.
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In 1976, after only two terms in the House of Representatives, Jerry Litton entered into what amounted to a three-way Democratic Party primary race for the US Senate seat of retiring Senator Stuart Symington.
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Jerry Litton won the primary but died on August 3,1976, along with his entire family, pilot Paul Rupp Jr.