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Mar 26, 1892 Salem, Massachusetts, United States Died on 24 Sep 1976 (aged 84)
American politician
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About Paul Douglas
- Paul Howard Douglas (March 26, 1892 – September 24, 1976) was an American politician and Georgist economist.
- A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S.
- Senator from Illinois for eighteen years, from 1949 to 1967.
- During his Senate career, he was a prominent member of the liberal coalition.Born in Massachusetts and raised in Maine, Douglas graduated from Bowdoin College and Columbia University.
- He served as a professor of economics at several schools, most notably the University of Chicago, and earned a reputation as a reformer while a member of the Chicago City Council (1939–1942).
- During World War II, he served in the U.S.
- Marine Corps, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel and becoming known as a war hero. He was married to Emily Taft Douglas, a U.S.
- Representative from Illinois's At-large district (1945–1947).
