The winner of the 1976 United States Senate election in Missouri was what kind of priest?
United States Senate election in Missouri, 1976 The 1976 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Stuart Symington decided to retire, instead of seeking a fifth term. Republican John Danforth won the open seat, defeating Democrat Warren Hearnes. (Jerry Litton had won the Democratic nomination earlier, but was killed in a plane crash, and Hearnes was chosen by the party committee.)
Hugh F. Blunt Monsignor Hugh Francis Blunt, LL.D. (January 20, 1877 – 1957), was a Catholic priest, author, poet, and apologist. He was born in Medway, Massachusetts to Irish immigrants Sgt. Patrick Blunt and Ann Mahon. Blunt began writing while attending St. Laurent College in Montreal. After his graduation in 1896, he attended St. John's Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts in order to become a Catholic priest, and was ordained on December 20, 1901. He was appointed to churches in Stoneham, Dorchester, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, and did a great deal of writing over the course of his career. His most famous books include "The Great Magdalens: Famous Women Who Returned to God Following a Life of Sin", "The Great Penitents" and "Great Wives and Mothers", all of which are still in print. He also served as chief editorial writer for The Pilot newspaper and editor of the "Sacred Heart Review".