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John Radley Pitt 1923 - 1999

John Radley Pitt was born on November 8, 1923 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut United States to Malcolm Robertson Pitt Jr. and Edith Radley, and had siblings Barbara Pitt, Malcolm Robertson Pitt III, and Alfred Scott Pitt. He married Elinor Dale McCarthy, and had children John Radley Pitt Jr. and Stephen McCarthy Pitt. John Pitt died at age 76 years old on December 2, 1999 in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, TX.
John Radley Pitt
November 8, 1923
Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
December 2, 1999
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, United States
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    This writer never knew John in person. A photo of him when he was in high school and on the football team shows him about medium height and built. He had curly dark brown hair and bore a visible resemblance to his distant cousin, John R. Craig, b. 1951. John wed on Jul.11,1945 in Nutley, N.J. to Elinor Dale McCarthy and had 2 children.
  • 11/8
    1923

    Birthday

    November 8, 1923
    Birthdate
    Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut United States
    Birthplace
  • 12/2
    1999

    Death

    December 2, 1999
    Death date
    complications from a stroke
    Cause of death
    Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas United States
    Death location
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    John Radley Pitt lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 76.
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In 1923, in the year that John Radley Pitt was born, the Teapot Dome scandal became the subject of an investigation by Senator Walsh and severely damaged the reputation of the Harding administration. Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall was convicted of accepting bribes from oil companies and became the first Cabinet member to go to prison. At the time, the Teapot Dome scandal was seen as "greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics".
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In 1940, when he was 17 years old, on November 5th, President Franklin Roosevelt was elected to a third term, defeating Wendell Willkie of Indiana (a corporate lawyer). Roosevelt running for a third term was controversial. But the U.S. was emerging from the Great Recession and he promised that he would not involve the country in any foreign war (which of course changed when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor). Roosevelt defeated Willkie in the popular vote by 54.7 to 44.8% and in the Electoral College 449 to 82.
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