predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place jr/sr party term_end birth_date term_start spouse image article_title state name
brien mcmahon william benton prescott bush thomas j. dodd 31 may 1978 hartford , connecticut west hartford , connecticut united states senator republican november 4 , 1952 january 3 , 1959 6 may 1897 august 29 , 1952 january 3 , 1953 katherine elizabeth cassidy william arthur purtell.jpg william a. purtell
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william a. purtell

william arthur purtell -lrb- may 6 , 1897 -- may 31 , 1978 -rrb- was an american businessman and politician .
a member of the republican party , he represented connecticut in the united states senate in 1952 and from 1953 to 1959 .
