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Who was president when Stennis retired from the Senate?

  • George H.W. Bush

  • Ronald Reagan

  • Bill Clinton

  • Jimmy Carter

Answer

Stennis retired from the Senate in 1989. The president at the time was George H.W. Bush. Stennis was a Democrat, and Bush was a Republican. Stennis had been in the Senate since 1947, and he was the longest-serving senator in history at the time of his retirement.
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