What is John C. Stennis?
[[File:Senator John C. Stennis.jpg|right|200px]] '''John Cornelius Stennis''' (August 3, 1901 &ndash; April 23, 1995) was an [[Americans|American]] politician. He was the [[United States Senate|United States senator]] of [[Mississippi]].<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/centers/stennis/about/history/stennis/stennis.html Stennis Space Center, Stennis History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131128115358/http://www.nasa.gov/centers/stennis/about/history/stennis/stennis.html |date=2013-11-28 }}, NASA.gov, accessed Oct 14, 2009</ref> He served as senator from 1947 to 1989. He was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. The [[USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)]] is named after him. He served in the senate for 47 years. Stennis was born in [[Kemper County, Mississippi]]. Stennis was [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate]] from 1987 until 1989. Cranston died at his hospital in [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]], [[Mississippi]] from problems caused by [[pneumonia]] on April 23, 1995, aged 93.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/24/obituaries/john-c-stennis-93-longtime-chairman-of-powerful-committees-in-the-senate-dies.html|title= John C. Stennis, 93, Longtime Chairman of Powerful Committees in the Senate, Dies|author=David E. Rosenbaum|date=April 24, 1995|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stennis, John C.}} [[Category:1901 births]] [[Category:1995 deaths]] [[Category:United States senators from Mississippi]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] {{US-bio-stub}} {{USSenPresProTemp}}