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Lee Warren Metcalf (b.
Stevensville, Montana,
January 28,
1911, died in
Helena, Montana on
January 12,
1978) was an American politician of the
Democratic Party and was a
United States Representative, and a
United States Senator (1961 until 1978) from
Montana.
He graduated from
Stanford University in 1936 and received a law degree from
Montana State University Law School; admitted to the Montana bar in 1936 and commenced the practice of law; member, State house of representatives 1937; assistant
attorney general of Montana 1937 – 1941. In December 1942 enlisted in the Army, attended officers’ training school, was commissioned, went overseas in 1944, and participated in the
Normandy invasion and the
Battle of the Bulge.
After
V-E Day he was concerned with the care and repatriation of displaced persons; helped in drafting ordinances for the first free local elections in
Germany and supervised the free elections in
Bavaria; discharged from the Army as a
first lieutenant in April 1946; associate justice of the
Montana Supreme Court 1946 - 1952; elected as a Democrat to the
Eighty-third Congress; reelected to the three succeeding Congresses (
January 3,
1953–
January 3,
1961); wasn't a candidate for reelection but was elected in 1960 to the
United States Senate; reelected in 1966 and 1972 and served from
January 3,
1961, until his death; co-chairman, Joint Committee on Congressional Operations (Ninety-third and Ninety-fifth Congresses);
He died in
Helena, Montana on
January 12,
1978, aged 66 and was cremated; his ashes were scattered in one of his favorite areas in the wilderness of the State of Montana.
In 1983, by act of Congress, the
Lee Metcalf Wilderness area was created in southwestern Montana in honor of the late Congressman.
Permanent Acting President pro tempore of the Senate
In June 1963, because of the illness of
President pro tempore Carl Hayden (D-
AZ), Senator Metcalf was designated
Permanent Acting President pro tempore of the United States Senate to fill his duties at this time. No term was imposed on this designation, so Metcalf retained it until he died in office in 1978. He was the only person to hold this title.
Permanent Acting President pro tem should be not confused with office of
Deputy President pro tempore.
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