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Also Known As Claude Denson Pepper
Born September 8, 1900 • Alabama
Died May 30, 1989 (aged 88) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Title / Office United States Senate (1936-1950), United States
Political Affiliation Democratic Party
Awards And Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom (1989)

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