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Joseph H. Ball

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American politician (1905-1993)

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Joseph Hurst Ball was an American journalist, politician and businessman. Ball served as a Republican senator from Minnesota from 1940 to 1949. He was a conservative in domestic policy and a leading foe of labor unions who helped draft the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947.

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Ball's grave in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Front Royal, Virginia.Ball's grave in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Front Royal, Virginia.

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Joseph Hurst Ball was an American journalist, politician and businessman. Ball served as a Republican senator from Minnesota from 1940 to 1949. He was a conservative in domestic policy and a leading foe of labor unions who helped draft the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947. Ball was best known for his internationalism and his support for a postwar world organization, that became the United Nations. However, after 1945, he was an opponent of the Marshall Plan.

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Lived 1905 to 1993 · aged 88
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