GERALD NYE

(Gerald Prentice Nye | Gerald P. Nye)


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This was a terrible Supreme Court decision which placed slave owning whites against whites who opposed slavery in conflict over runaway slaves and free blacks throughout the country. It held that Blacks—even free Blacks had no Constitutional rights and was one of the major causes of the Civil War. See {623426}.


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Gerald Nye
Gerald Nye
  • Born: December 19, 1892
  • Died: July 17, 1971
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Politician

Gerald Prentice Nye was an American politician who represented North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1925 to 1945. He was a Republican and supporter of World War II-era isolationism, chairing the Nye Committee which studied the causes of United States' involvement in World War I.