Claude Denson Pepper (September 8, 1900 – May 30, 1989) was an American attorney and politician. September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An attorney is someone who represents someone else in the transaction of business: For attorney-at-law, see lawyer, solicitor, barrister or civil law notary. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ...

Born in Dudleyville, Alabama, Pepper graduated from the University of Alabama and Harvard Law School. After completing his LL.B. in 1924, Pepper spent a year teaching law at the University of Arkansas, and then moved to Perry, Florida, where he opened a law practice. He was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1929 for a single term, and unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate in 1934, losing to Park Trammell. However, he won his second Senate bid just two years later, in a 1936 special election following the death of Senator Duncan Fletcher. University of Alabama The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA, or colloquially as Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. ... Harvard Law School (HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Plaque on University of Arkansas campus The University of Arkansas (also known as the U. of A. or simply Arkansas) is a public, coeducational, land-grant university system. ... Perry is a city located in Taylor County, Florida. ... The Florida House of Representatives, one of the two Chambers of the Florida Legislature, is composed of 120 members, each representing a district. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Park Trammell (April 9, 1876 - May 8, 1936) was the twenty-first governor of Florida and U.S. Senator. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Duncan Andrew Gwynne Fletcher (born 27 September 1948 in Salisbury (now Harare), Zimbabwe) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer and current coach of the English cricket team. ...

In the Senate, Pepper became a close ally of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, supporting the New Deal and the Lend-Lease Act. He was re-elected in 1938 and 1944, but lost his bid for a third full term in 1950 by a margin of over 60,000 votes. The race was marked by echoes of the Red Scare: rival George A. Smathers (nicknamed "The Golden Hatchetsman") repeatedly attacked Pepper for having communist sympathies, pointing out his pro-civil rights platform and campaign for universal health care. Smathers won the election by using linguistic tricks to attack Pepper before uneducated audiences, such as stating that Pepper had a "thespian" sister and a "Homo sapiens" brother, although Smathers repeatedly denied these claims during his term in the Senate. Pepper always remained somewhat bitter over his defeat and antagonistic towards Smathers. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ... The New Deal was President Franklin D. Roosevelts legislative agenda for rescuing the United States from the Great Depression. ... The Lend-Lease program was a program of the United States during World War II that allowed the United States to provide the Allied Powers with war material without becoming directly involved in the war. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article contains information that is not verifiable. ... George Smathers George Armistead Smathers (born November 14, 1913) is an American lawyer and politician who represented Florida in the United States Senate for eighteen years. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... Publicly funded medicine is a level of medical service that is paid wholly or in majority part by public funds (taxes or quasi-taxes). ...

Pepper returned to his law practice in Miami and Washington until 1962, when he was elected to the United States House of Representatives. He remained there until his death in 1989. In his House career, he is best known for strengthening the Medicare and Social Security programs. He served in Congress and the Senate longer than any other and became known as the "grand old man of Florida politics". He was featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1950 and 1983. Republicans often joked that he and Tip O'Neil were the only Democrats who really drove President Reagan crazy. When he died, his body lay in state for two days under the Rotunda of the United States Capitol. 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the Senate. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Medicare is a program of health insurance for the elderly and disabled in the USA. It was first passed on July 30, 1965 as amendments to Social Security legislation. ... For specific national programs, see Social Security (United States), National insurance (UK), Social Security (Sweden) Social security mainly refers to a field of social welfare concerned with social protection, or protection against socially recognized needs, including poverty, old age, disability, unemployment, families with children and others. ... United States Capitol . The United States Capitol is the building which serves as home for the legislative branch of the United States government. ...

A number of places in Florida are named for Pepper, including the Claude Pepper Center at Florida State University (housing a think tank devoted to aging) and the Claude Pepper Federal Building in Miami, as well as several public schools. Large sections of US 27 in Florida are named Claude Pepper Memorial Highway. Pepper's wife Mildred was also well known and respected for her humanitarian work as well. She was also honored with a number of places named in Florida. Friends said it was a true love match and he never recovered from her death in 1979. Florida State University State University System of Florida FAMU FAU FGCU FIU FSU NCF UCF UF UNF USF UWF Florida State University, also commonly referred to as FSU or Florida State, is a comprehensive, graduate-national research university founded and located in Tallahassee, Florida in 1851. ... This article is about the institution. ... United States Highway 27 (US 27), is a north-south United States highway. ...

External links

• Claude Pepper Foundation