Francis Bowes Sayre, Jr.
Deceased Person
1915 – 2008
Who was Francis Bowes Sayre, Jr.?
Francis B. Sayre Jr. was Dean of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. for 27 years. He was the first grandchild of President Woodrow Wilson.
He was a vocal opponent of segregation, poverty, McCarthyism, and the Vietnam War. In March 1965 he joined Martin Luther King Jr. on the voting-rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Sayre was unafraid to denounce Senator Joseph McCarthy, Republican from Wisconsin, during the hey-day of the latter's influence in the 1950s. In 1954, Sayre called McCarthy a “pretended patriot”, adding "There is a devilish indecision about any society that will permit an impostor like McCarthy to caper out front while the main army stands idly by."
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- Born
- Jan 17, 1915
White House - Also known as
- Francis Sayre, Jr.
- Parents
- Spouses
- Taft Hart
( - 2003)
- Taft Hart
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Williams College
- Died
- Oct 3, 2008
Martha's Vineyard
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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