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    Helen Gahagan Douglas (born Helen Mary Gahagan; November 25, 1900 – June 28, 1980) was an American actress and politician. Her career included success...
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    artist, is the father of actress Illeana Douglas. In 1931, Douglas married actress-turned-politician Helen Gahagan. They traveled to Europe that same year...
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  • California Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900–1980), American actress and politician James Gahagan (1927–1999), American painter John Gahagan (born 1958),...
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    Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas, after Democratic incumbent Sheridan Downey withdrew during the primary election campaign. Douglas and Nixon each...
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  • during future president Richard Nixon's 1950 Senate campaign against Helen Gahagan Douglas: "She's pink right down to her underwear!" – a play on the fact...
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  • author, statesman, and reformer Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900–1980), American actress and politician Hezekiah Ford Douglas (1831–1865), American abolitionist...
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    the supervision of the Atomic Energy Commission. Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas, who sponsored the McMahon Bill in the House, vigorously defended...
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  • Retrieved February 18, 2013. Asbury, Edith Evans (June 29, 1980). "HELEN GAHAGAN DOUGLAS DIES AT 79; ACTRESS LOST TO NIXON IN SENATE RACE". New York Times...
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    (and Rose's bookstore as well). Future California congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas, famous for being defeated by Richard Nixon in a notably dirty 1950...
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    Lines Flight 810 disaster Don Edwards (1939–2022), singing cowboy Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900–1980), actress and politician Dean Gallo (1935–1994), politician...
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  • Richard Nixon, Walter Francis White, Joseph McCarthy, Tex McCrary, Helen Gahagan Douglas, and Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Scheftel was the producer, with Rocky...
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    United States Senate election in California, Democratic nominee Helen Gahagan Douglas, who was close to Johnson, also employed one in her unsuccessful...
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    refusal to campaign for him, Nixon defeated Democratic nominee Helen Gahagan Douglas by a decisive margin. After his election as governor, Warren emerged...
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    Pepper and a similar Democratic primary between Manchester Boddy and Helen Gahagan Douglas. Race also played a role in the election. Labor unions began a voter...
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    primary battle with Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas, announced his retirement in March 1950. Nixon and Douglas won the primary elections and engaged...
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  • Chotiner produced the infamous "pink sheet", which implied that Helen Gahagan Douglas had Communist sympathies, Hancock refused to distribute it in Northern...
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    California In office January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1955 Preceded by Helen Gahagan Douglas Succeeded by James Roosevelt Constituency 14th district (1951–53)...
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    members voted in favor, two were against, and two were not present. Helen Gahagan Douglas, actress and US congresswoman Milton Friedman, economist, former...
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    supported Harry S. Truman in the 1948 presidential election, and Helen Gahagan Douglas for the U.S. Senate in 1950. It was Reagan's belief that communism...
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    Governor of Tennessee but was defeated in the general election. Helen Gahagan Douglas served in the House of Representatives from 1945 to 1951. "Murphy...
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    Richard Nixon was elected to the Senate, defeating Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas. With the six-year term secured, Nixon campaign officials discussed...
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    was impractical. Downey's political views made him vulnerable. Helen Gahagan Douglas challenged him in a primary. In 1950 Downey dropped out of the race...
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  • Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Retired. 1933–1953 Los Angeles Helen Gahagan Douglas (Los Angeles) Democratic January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951 79th...
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    Warren Beatty came out, too, and did a lot of fundraising for me. Helen Gahagan Douglas, a former California Congresswoman who was the first victim of Nixon's...
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  • campaign against Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas. Chotiner used a similar strategy in that campaign, stressing Douglas' liberal voting record and printing...
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    Canadian colloquialism for a deception or a cover-up; for example, Helen Gahagan Douglas described the Nixon Administration as "the greatest snow job in...
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  • 1906) June 28 José Iturbi, Spanish conductor and musician (b. 1895) Helen Gahagan Douglas, American actress and politician; was on Broadway, toured as a opera...
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  • 27th (1977-1983), 38th (1985-1993), and 46th (1993–1997) districts Helen Gahagan Douglas Actress in Broadway theatre and film Democratic Member of the U...
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  • California, 1950 Democratic Primary Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Helen Gahagan Douglas 734,842 47 Democratic Manchester Boddy 379,077 24.2 Democratic Richard...
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    York City mayor Francis Edwin Dorn, former U.S. representative Helen Gahagan Douglas, actress and former U.S. representative Patrick Gaspard, diplomat...
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