Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
June 26, 1901
Died
December 14, 1988
Age
87
Place of Birth
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Popularity
0.4
Stuart Symington
Acting
Biography
William Stuart Symington III (June 26, 1901 – December 14, 1988) was an American businessman and Democratic politician from Missouri. He served as the first secretary of the Air Force from 1947 to 1950 and was a United States senator from Missouri from 1953 to 1976. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, Symington worked as an executive in his uncle's iron products company and for other companies before becoming president of Emerson Electric. He resigned from Emerson in 1945 to take various positions in the administration of President Harry S. Truman, becoming the first Secretary of the Air Force in…
