Handful of Congressmen Were Real Hardball Players - Roll Call

Handful of Congressmen Were Real Hardball Players

By Greg Giroux and CQ Staff

Posted March 29, 2007 at 12:00am

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Fred Brown, New Hampshire Democrat, Senate (1933-39)
Morgan Bulkeley, Connecticut Republican, Senate (1905-11)
Jim Bunning, Kentucky Republican, House (1987-99) and Senate (1999-present)
A.B. “Happy” Chandler, Kentucky Democrat, Senate (1939-45)
Wilmer D. “Vinegar Bend” Mizell, North Carolina Republican, House (1969-75)
Pius Schwert, New York Democrat, House (1939-41)
John Tener, Pennsylvania Republican, House (1909-11)
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Walter Johnson, Maryland Republican

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