"Nebraska Congressman" Robert Denney Signed FDC Dated 1967 JG Autographs COA

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Up for auction a RARE! "Nebraska Congressman" Robert Vernon Denney Hand Signed First Day Cover Dated 1967. This item is authenticated by JG Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity.
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Robert Vernon Denney
(April 11, 1916 – June 26, 1981) was a
Nebraska
Republican
politician, a
United States Representative
and a
United States District Judge
of the
United States District Court for the District of Nebraska
. Born in
Council Bluffs
,
Iowa
, Denney graduated from Fairbury High School in 1933. He attended
Peru State Teachers College
and the
University of Nebraska
from 1933 to 1936, and received a
Bachelor of Laws
from
Creighton University School of Law
in 1939. He practiced law in
Fairbury
,
Nebraska
from 1939 to 1940 and then became a special agent for
Federal Bureau of Investigation
from 1940 to 1941, serving in
Washington, D.C.
and
Chicago
,
Illinois
. He enlisted in the
United States Marine Corps
during
World War II
, in October 1942, with the First Armored Amphibian Battalion. He remained active in
United States Marine Corps Reserve
until 1960 and retired with rank of lieutenant colonel. Denney resumed the practice of law in Fairbury from 1945 to 1967, becoming
Jefferson County
attorney from 1946 to 1951 and Fairbury city attorney from 1951 to 1956. He was Chairman of the Jefferson County Republican Party, and then Chairman of the Nebraska Republican Party. He was elected to the
Ninetieth
and
Ninety-first United States Congresses
serving from January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1971. He did not run for reelection to the
Ninety-second United States Congress
. On January 28, 1971, Denney was nominated by President
Richard Nixon
to a new seat on the
United States District Court for the District of Nebraska
created by 84 Stat. 294. He was confirmed by the
United States Senate
on March 4, 1971, and received his commission on March 5, 1971. He assumed
senior status
due to a certified disability on April 16, 1981, serving in that capacity until his death on June 26, 1981, in
Omaha
, Nebraska.
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He was buried in Fairbury Cemetery, in Fairbury.
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