succeeded death_date death_place birth_place jr/sr party nationality term_end preceded birth_date term_start spouse article_title state birth_name alma_mater
zales ecton 6 january 1975 washington , district of columbia , u.s. hudson , massachusetts , u.s. united states senator democratic progressive -lrb- 1924 -rrb- american january 3 , 1947 henry l. myers 27 february 1882 march 4 , 1923 lulu m. white burton k. wheeler
 montana burton kendall wheeler university of michigan
burton k. wheeler

burton kendall wheeler -lrb- february 27 , 1882january 6 , 1975 -rrb- was an attorney and an american politician of the democratic party in montana ; he served as a united states senator from 1923 until 1947 .
he returned to his law practice and lived in washington , dc for his remaining years .
wheeler was an independent democrat who represented the left wing of the party , receiving support from montana 's labor unions .
he ran for vice president in 1924 on the progressive party ticket headed by wisconsin republican robert la follette , sr. .
an ardent new deal liberal until 1937 , he broke with president franklin d. roosevelt on the issue of packing the united states supreme court .
in foreign policy from 1938 -- 41 he became a leader of the non-interventionist wing of the party , fighting against entry into world war ii .
