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Politics & Governance
John O. Pastore
1907–2000Providence, RIItalian American descendantHistoric
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Why Included
U.S. senator and first Italian American to serve as a state governor, remembered for pioneering public broadcasting legislation.
Notable For
- U.S. Senator RI 1950–1976
- Governor of Rhode Island 1945–1950
- Public Broadcasting Act champion
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Politics & Governance
- Years
- 1907–2000
- Birth Place
- Providence, RI
- Origin
- Italian American descendant
- Ancestry Verification
- Confirmed
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