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Millionaire Senators Range Widely Across Parties
An Associated Press survey finds at least one in five U.S. senators is a millionaire, with estimates suggesting up to one third. Names cited include Russell Long, Wallace Bennett, Kennedy family associates, Edward Long and Stuart Symington, and others like Brewster, Tydings, Fannin, Morton, Fong, Dominick, Byrd Jr., Clark, Talmadge, and Eastland, reflecting wealth from land, stocks, businesses, and trusts while some deny or obscure full figures.
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Harry Kelly
Washington
U.S
Associated Press
Senate
Thomas Dodd
House
Russell B. Long
D-La
Finance Committee
Baton Rouge
Long
Wallace F. Bennett
Ruteh
Banking and Currency Committee
National Association of Manufacturers
Wachovia Bank and Trust
Lionaires
Kennedy
As Co
Winston-Salem
Robert F
New York
Missouri
Edward M
Massachusetts
B. Everett Jordan
Symington
Jordan
Emerson
Mill
Daniel B. Brewster
Small Loan
Joseph D. Tydings
Tydings
Roy Sen
Clinton P. Anderson
Cotton Mill Co
N.M
Charles H. Fercy
Percy
Bell & Howell l
Claiborne Pell
D-R-L
Auchincloss
Parker and Redpath
Paul Fannin
R-Ariz
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Rey
GOP
Eisenhower
Morton
Pillsbury Mills
Hawaii
Hiram Fong
Fong
Finance Factors, Ltd
Fong, Miho, Choy
Mittee
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Clark
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Talmadge