James P. Kem
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James Kem
James Preston Kem (April 2, 1890 – February 24, 1965) represented Missouri in the United States Senate from 1947 to 1953. Kem, a Republican, defeated incumbent Frank P. Briggs, who had been appointed to the office in 1945 when Harry S. Truman resigned to become vice president.
Kem was a graduate of the University of Missouri and Harvard Law School and a World War I veteran. Kem served one term and lost his re-election bid in 1952 to Democratic candidate, W. Stuart Symington, a former Emerson Electric CEO who had been Secretary of the Air Force in the Truman administration. Kem retired to a Washington, D.C. law practice and then raised angus cattle on a ranch in Virginia until his death in 1965 at the age of 74.
| Preceded by Frank P. Briggs |
U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Missouri 1947 – 1953 |
Succeeded by Stuart Symington |
