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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Audio/Video Archives Collection, Photograph No. c9829-22
J. William Fulbright
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Audio/Video Archives Collection…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Audio/Video Archives Collection, Photograph No. c9829-22

J. William Fulbright

United States, 1905 - 1995
U.S. Senator from Arkansas (1945-1974)
Chair of Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1959-1971)

James William Fulbright was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Congress, serving one term, from 1943 to 1945, and to the U.S. Senate from 1945 to 1974. He served on key committees including Banking and Currency and Foreign Relations. Senator Fulbright was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1993 and was the founder of the Fulbright Program, a prestigious international exchange program.
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