J. William Fulbright
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James William Fulbright was an American politician, academic, and statesman who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1945 until his resignation in 1974. As of 2023, Fulbright is the longest-serving chairman in the history of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
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Portrait by Harris & Ewing c. 1943
Fulbright early in his Senate career
Sen. J. William Fulbright and Lyndon B. Johnson in Washington DC, June 21, 1960
Fulbright (left) with Senator Wayne Morse during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Vietnam War in 1966
Fulbright in his later years
Statue on the Campus of the University of ArkansasAwards 9
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James William Fulbright was an American politician, academic, and statesman who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1945 until his resignation in 1974. As of 2023, Fulbright is the longest-serving chairman in the history of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best known for his strong multilateralist positions on international issues, opposition to American involvement in the Vietnam War, and the creation of the international fellowship program bearing his name, the Fulbright Program.
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