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Dec 8, 2016 · His attempt to win the Democratic nomination for vice-president failed in 1976 after a lacklustre speech at the party's convention.
Glenn thought that Ted Kennedy could win the election, but after Kennedy's announcement in late 1982 that he would not seek the presidency, Glenn thought he had a much better chance of winning. He hired a media consultant to help him with his speaking style.
Dec 8, 2016 · Glenn and his family celebrate his November 1974 election win as US senator from Ohio. He began a 24-year career on Capitol Hill and was widely regarded as an effective legislator and moderate ...
Sep 29, 2024 · John Glenn (born July 18, 1921, Cambridge, Ohio, U.S.—died December 8, 2016, Columbus, Ohio) was the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth, completing three orbits in 1962. (Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space, had made a single orbit of Earth in 1961.) Glenn joined the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1942.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Glenn beat Metzenbaum at the polls this time by a margin of one hundred thousand votes and went on to win his first term in the U.S. Senate in the November general election. Glenn subsequently won re-election to the U.S. Senate three times - his twenty-four years of public service a record for a Senator from Ohio.
May 18, 2018 · GLENN, John Herschel, Jr. (b. 18 July 1921 in Cambridge, Ohio), astronaut who piloted the first manned U.S. orbital mission, politician, successful businessman, and oldest human sent into space. Glenn was born to John Herschel Glenn, Sr., an owner of a successful plumbing supply business, and Clara Sproat, an educator.
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John Herschel Glenn Jr. was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space and the first American ...
