Floyd M. Riddick
Author
1908 – 2000
Who was Floyd M. Riddick?
Floyd M. Riddick was a Parliamentarian of the United States Senate from 1964 to 1974, and is most famous for developing Riddick's Senate procedure. He sat immediately below the presiding officer in the Senate chamber, providing information on precedents and advising other senators on parliamentary procedure. He is famous for discussions of the censures of Joseph McCarthy and Thomas Dodd, the contested election between John A. Durkin and Louis Wyman, and the preparations for a planned impeachment trial of Richard Nixon. He is also famous for advocating the change in the rules of cloture.
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- Born
- Jul 13, 1908
- Also known as
- Floyd Riddick
- Spouses
- Profession
- Education
- Duke University
- Vanderbilt University
- Lived in
- North Carolina
- Died
- Jan 25, 2000
Santa Fe
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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