Gerald P. Nye

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Gerald P. Nye

AKA Gerald Prentice Nye

Born: 19-Dec-1892
Birthplace: Hortonville, WI
Died: 17-Jul-1971
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: Accident - Misc [1]
Remains: Buried, Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, MD

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Republican

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Senator from North Dakota, 1925-45

[1] Allergic reaction to penicillin, mistakenly prescribed.

Father: Irwin Raymond Nye
Mother: Phoebe Ella Prentice (d. 1906)
Sister: Clair Irwin Nye
Brother: Donald Oscar Nye
Sister: Marjorie Ella Nye
Wife: Anna Margaret Munch (m. 16-Aug-1916, div. 1940, one daughter, two sons)
Daughter: Marjorie Eleanor Nye (b. 6-May-1917)
Son: Robert Gerald Nye (b. 16-Jun-1921)
Son: James Prentice Nye (b. 8-Jun-1923)
Wife: A. Marguerite Johnson (m. 14-Dec-1940, two sons, one daughter)
Son: Gerald Prentice Nye (b. 1943)
Son: Richard Johnson Nye (b. 1944)
Daughter: Marguerite Deborah Nye (b. 1950)

High School: Wittenberg High School, Wittenberg, WI (1911)

Hurley, Clark and Associates Associate (1964-71)
US Official Special Asst. for Elderly Housing, Federal Housing Administration (1960-64)
Records Engineering, Inc. President (1937-59)
US Senator, North Dakota (appointed, 14-Nov-1925 to 3-Jan-1945)
Griggs County Sentinel-Courier Editor and Publisher
Billings County Pioneer Publisher
Creston Daily Plain Dealer Editor
The Hortonville Review Editor
America First Committee
National Union for Social Justice

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