Claude Denson Pepper Official Bio

Claude Denson Pepper

Claude Denson Pepper was an American politician of the Democratic Party, and a spokesman for left-liberalism and the elderly. He represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 to 1951, and the Miami area in the United States House of Representatives from 1963 until 1989. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Claude Denson Pepper has 77 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1982 Meeting as a Democratic Representative for Florida's 14th district. The year with the most videos was 1988 with 27 videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 1984 with an average of 2,623 views per program. Most appearances with Jim Wright Jr. (3), Tip O'Neill Jr. (3), Mary Rose Oakar (2). Most common tags: Democratic National Convention, Social Security.

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Previously

U.S. Representative, D-FL 18th January 3, 1983 - October 28, 1990 Videos: 70 U.S. Representative, D-FL 14th January 3, 1973 - January 3, 1983 Videos: 1 U.S. Representative, D-FL 11th January 10, 1967 - January 3, 1973 Videos: 0 U.S. Representative, D-FL 3rd January 3, 1963 - January 10, 1967 Videos: 0 U.S. Senator, D-FL November 4, 1936 - January 3, 1951 Videos: 0

Recent Appearances

  • Memorial Service for Claude Pepper

    Memorial Service for Claude Pepper

    Vice President Dan Qualye and members of Congress paid tribute to Representative Claude Pepper as his body lies in state in t…

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House considered and passed H.R. 1231, which directed the president to establish an emergency board to investigate and re…

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House agreed to H.R. 84, to establish the Select Committee on Hunger, the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Famili…

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House passed H.R. 5462, to provide assistance for housing and community development in the United States-Mexico border re…

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 3471, to establish the Veterans' Administration as an executive department.…

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 4784, making appropriations for Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related…

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Historical Member of Congress Record

Former Ideology Rankings

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* The first paragraph of this page uses material from the Wikipedia article 'Claude Pepper', which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. Footnotes and parentheticals have been removed.