Born April 9, 1905
Sumner, Missouri
Died February 9, 1995
Washington, D.C.
U.S. senator from Arkansas, 1945–1974
"When I look back on [my sponsorship of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution], I couldn't have made a greater mistake. I consider that as my greatest mistake in the Senate . . . ."
J. William Fulbright. Reproduced by permission of AP/Wide World Photos.
J. William Fulbright. Reproduced by permission of AP/Wide World Photos.
J. William Fulbright was the U.S. Senate's best-known critic of American policies in Vietnam during the mid-to-late 1960s, when U.S. troop commitments reached their peak. His views, which received added attention because of his chairmanship of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made him one of the most controversial members of Congress during the Vietnam War...
Source: Vietnam War: Biographies, ©2001 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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