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For the aircraft carrier, see <a href="/wiki/USS_Carl_Vinson" title="USS Carl Vinson">USS Carl Vinson</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Carl Vinson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Congressman_Carl_Vinson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Congressman_Carl_Vinson.jpg/220px-Congressman_Carl_Vinson.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="274" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Congressman_Carl_Vinson.jpg/330px-Congressman_Carl_Vinson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Congressman_Carl_Vinson.jpg/440px-Congressman_Carl_Vinson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="962" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">38th <a href="/wiki/Dean_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Dean of the United States House of Representatives">Dean of the United States House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 16, 1961 – January 3, 1965</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Rayburn" title="Sam Rayburn">Sam Rayburn</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Celler" title="Emanuel Celler">Emanuel Celler</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">House Armed Services Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1965</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Speaker</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Rayburn" title="Sam Rayburn">Sam Rayburn</a><br /><a href="/wiki/John_William_McCormack" class="mw-redirect" title="John William McCormack">John William McCormack</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dewey_J._Short" class="mw-redirect" title="Dewey J. Short">Dewey J. Short</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/L._Mendel_Rivers" title="L. Mendel Rivers">L. Mendel Rivers</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Speaker</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Rayburn" title="Sam Rayburn">Sam Rayburn</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Walter_G._Andrews" title="Walter G. Andrews">Walter G. Andrews</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dewey_J._Short" class="mw-redirect" title="Dewey J. Short">Dewey J. Short</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the<br /><a href="/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a><br /> from <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 3, 1914 – January 3, 1965</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_W._Hardwick" title="Thomas W. Hardwick">Thomas W. Hardwick</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_J._Flynt,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="John J. Flynt, Jr.">John J. Flynt, Jr.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Georgia%27s_10th_congressional_district" title="Georgia's 10th congressional district">10th district</a> (1914–1933)<br /><a href="/wiki/Georgia%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Georgia's 6th congressional district">6th district</a> (1933–1965)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <br /><a href="/wiki/Georgia_House_of_Representatives" title="Georgia House of Representatives">Georgia House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1908–1914</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">November 18, 1883<br /><a href="/wiki/Baldwin_County,_Georgia" title="Baldwin County, Georgia">Baldwin County, Georgia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">June 1, 1981 (aged 97)<br /><a href="/wiki/Milledgeville,_Georgia" title="Milledgeville, Georgia">Milledgeville, Georgia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mercer_University" title="Mercer University">Mercer University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Carl_Vinson_Signature.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Carl Vinson's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Carl_Vinson_Signature.svg/128px-Carl_Vinson_Signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="51" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Carl_Vinson_Signature.svg/192px-Carl_Vinson_Signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Carl_Vinson_Signature.svg/256px-Carl_Vinson_Signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="201" data-file-height="80" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Carl Vinson</b> (November 18, 1883 – June 1, 1981) was an American politician who served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> for over 50 years and was influential in the 20th century expansion of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a>. He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">Democratic Party</a> and represented <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> in the House from 1914 to 1965. He was known as "The Father of the <a href="/wiki/Two-Ocean_Navy_Act" title="Two-Ocean Navy Act">Two-Ocean Navy"</a>. He is the longest-serving member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-georgiaencyclopedia.org_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-georgiaencyclopedia.org-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1961 to 1965, he served as the <a href="/wiki/Dean_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Dean of the United States House of Representatives">Dean of the US House of Representatives</a> as the longest serving member of the body. </p><p><a href="/wiki/USS_Carl_Vinson" title="USS Carl Vinson">USS <i>Carl Vinson</i></a>, the third <a href="/wiki/Nimitz-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Nimitz-class aircraft carrier"><i>Nimitz</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a>, is named after him. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_years">Early years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carl_Vinson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vinson was born in <a href="/wiki/Baldwin_County,_Georgia" title="Baldwin County, Georgia">Baldwin County, Georgia</a>, where he attended local schools and <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Military_College" title="Georgia Military College">Georgia Military College</a>. He graduated with a law degree from <a href="/wiki/Mercer_University" title="Mercer University">Mercer University</a> in 1902 and was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Kappa_Alpha_Order" title="Kappa Alpha Order">Kappa Alpha Order</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-georgiaencyclopedia.org_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-georgiaencyclopedia.org-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After some years of practice, he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_House_of_Representatives" title="Georgia House of Representatives">Georgia House of Representatives</a> in 1908. After losing a third term following redistricting, he was appointed as judge of the <a href="/wiki/Baldwin_County,_Georgia" title="Baldwin County, Georgia">Baldwin County</a> court.<sup id="cite_ref-georgiaencyclopedia.org_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-georgiaencyclopedia.org-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the sudden death of U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Augustus_Bacon" class="mw-redirect" title="Augustus Bacon">Augustus Bacon</a>, Representative <a href="/wiki/Thomas_W._Hardwick" title="Thomas W. Hardwick">Thomas W. Hardwick</a> of <a href="/wiki/Georgia%27s_10th_congressional_district" title="Georgia's 10th congressional district">Georgia's 10th congressional district</a> was nominated to fill Bacon's Senate seat. Vinson announced his candidacy for Hardwick's seat in Congress. Vinson defeated three opponents. Vinson was the youngest member of Congress (30 years old) when he was sworn in on November 3, 1914. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_in_Congress">Service in Congress</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carl_Vinson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Service in Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carl_Vinson_(D%E2%80%93GA).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Carl_Vinson_%28D%E2%80%93GA%29.jpg/150px-Carl_Vinson_%28D%E2%80%93GA%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Carl_Vinson_%28D%E2%80%93GA%29.jpg/225px-Carl_Vinson_%28D%E2%80%93GA%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Carl_Vinson_%28D%E2%80%93GA%29.jpg/300px-Carl_Vinson_%28D%E2%80%93GA%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3528" data-file-height="4624" /></a><figcaption> Carl Vinson was elected as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">Representative</a> at age 30. A Democrat, he was repeatedly re-elected, serving until age 81.</figcaption></figure> <p>Vinson served as a Representative from November 3, 1914, to January 3, 1965. He was repeatedly re-elected by Democratic voters for this seat. Vinson's first term in congress was characterized by his support for segregation sponsoring bills to establish separate street cars and apartments for Blacks in the <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a>, banning interracial marriage in the District, and repealing the <a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution">Fifteenth Amendment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his tenure in the U.S. House, Vinson was a champion for national defense and especially the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">U.S. Marine Corps</a>. He joined the House Naval Affairs Committee shortly after <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> and became the ranking Democratic member in the early 1920s. He was the only Democrat appointed to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Corps#Creation_of_the_Air_Corps" title="United States Army Air Corps">Morrow Board</a>, which reviewed the status of aviation in America in the mid-1920s. </p><p>In 1931, Vinson became chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee. In 1934, Vinson helped push the Vinson–Trammell Act, along with Democratic Senator <a href="/wiki/Park_Trammell" title="Park Trammell">Park Trammell</a> of <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>. The bill authorized the replacement of obsolete vessels by new construction and a gradual increase of ships within the limits of the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Naval_Treaty" title="Washington Naval Treaty">Washington Naval Treaty</a> of 1922 and <a href="/wiki/London_Naval_Treaty" title="London Naval Treaty">London Naval Treaty</a> of 1930. Initial funding for the Vinson–Trammell Navy Act was provided by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Emergency_Appropriations_Act_of_1934&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emergency Appropriations Act of 1934 (page does not exist)">Emergency Appropriations Act of 1934</a>. This was necessary as during the previous administration, not a single major warship was laid down and the US Navy was both aging and losing ground to the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Japanese Navy</a>. Japan repudiated the naval treaties in late 1934. </p><p>Vinson later was primarily responsible for additional naval expansion legislation, the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Act_of_1938" title="Naval Act of 1938">Naval Act of 1938</a> ("Second Vinson Act") and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Third_Vinson_Act_of_1940&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Third Vinson Act of 1940 (page does not exist)">Third Vinson Act of 1940</a> (which was essentially a mere prelude to the Two-Oceans Act that followed a month later), as well as the <a href="/wiki/Two-Ocean_Navy_Act" title="Two-Ocean Navy Act">Two-Ocean Navy Act</a> of 1940. The ambitious program called for by this series of laws helped the U.S. Navy as the country entered <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, as new ships were able to match the latest ships from Japan. </p><p>At the end of World War II, Congress had authorized four Naval four-star officers to be promoted to <a href="/wiki/Fleet_admiral_(United_States)" title="Fleet admiral (United States)">Fleet Admiral</a>. A staunch partisan of Admiral <a href="/wiki/William_Halsey,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="William Halsey, Jr.">William Halsey, Jr.</a>, Vinson blocked the nomination of Admiral <a href="/wiki/Raymond_A._Spruance" title="Raymond A. Spruance">Raymond A. Spruance</a> several times, although the majority thought him more deserving,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> to ensure that Halsey got the fourth billet. Congress eventually responded by passing an unprecedented act that specified that Spruance would remain on a full admiral's pay once retired until his death.<sup id="cite_ref-sci.mil_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sci.mil-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cbs-ibn_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbs-ibn-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carl_Vinson_1943_Portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Carl_Vinson_1943_Portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="235" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="175" data-file-height="235" /></a><figcaption>Portrait of Vinson, 1943.</figcaption></figure> <p>Following World War II, the House Naval Affairs Committee was merged with the Military Affairs Committee to become the <a href="/wiki/House_Armed_Services_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="House Armed Services Committee">House Armed Services Committee</a> (this consolidation mirrored the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a> when the old Departments of War and of the Navy were consolidated). When the Republicans won control of Congress <a href="/wiki/1946_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1946 United States House of Representatives elections">in the 1946 election</a>, Vinson served as ranking minority member of the committee for two years before becoming chairman in early 1949, when the Democrats were again in majority; a position held for four years until the Republicans briefly returned to the majority for a single congressional term after the 1952 elections. After the Democrats retook congress in the 1954 midterms, Vinson again became chairman, a position he held until his retirement in 1965. In this role, Vinson adopted a committee rule that came to be known as the "Vinson rule", which limited the number of questions a junior member of the committee could ask to one question per year of service on the committee. As chairman, Vinson oversaw the modernization of the military as its focus shifted to the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>. He was also committee chair when Congress authorized the procurement of the first nuclear-powered <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carriers</a>, starting with <a href="/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)" title="USS Enterprise (CVN-65)">USS <i>Enterprise</i> (CVN-65)</a> in the late 1950s. </p><p>A staunch segregationist, Vinson voted against the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964" title="Civil Rights Act of 1964">1964 Civil Rights Act</a> and in 1956, signed <a href="/wiki/Southern_Manifesto" title="Southern Manifesto">"The Southern Manifesto"</a>. Other Southern politicians signed this in resistance to the ruling by the United States Supreme Court in <i><a href="/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education" title="Brown v. Board of Education">Brown v. Board of Education</a></i> (1954) that segregated public education was unconstitutional, and that states needed to integrate their public schools.<sup id="cite_ref-Manifesto_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Manifesto-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Vinson did not seek re-election in 1964 and retired from Congress in January 1965. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carl_Vinson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vinson married Mary Green of Ohio in 1921. She died in 1949 after a long illness.<sup id="cite_ref-georgiaencyclopedia.org_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-georgiaencyclopedia.org-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Vinson did not have children, but his great-nephew, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Nunn" title="Sam Nunn">Sam Nunn</a>, served as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senator</a> from Georgia for more than 24 years. Nunn followed in his great uncle's footsteps, serving on the <a href="/wiki/Senate_Armed_Services_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Armed Services Committee">Senate Armed Services Committee</a> for nearly his entire tenure in the Senate. Sam Nunn's daughter, <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Nunn" title="Michelle Nunn">Michelle Nunn</a>, ran unsuccessfully for one of Georgia's U.S. Senate seats in 2014. </p><p>Vinson considered his longtime assistant Charles Tillman Snead, Jr. his surrogate son, and Snead's wife, Molly Staeman Snead, was Vinson's wife's nurse for 34 years. Snead's son and grandchildren maintained this familial bond to Vinson until his death in 1981. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carl_Vinson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vinson returned to <a href="/wiki/Baldwin_County,_Georgia" title="Baldwin County, Georgia">Baldwin County, Georgia</a>, where he lived in retirement until his death on June 1, 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes.com_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes.com-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is buried in <a href="/wiki/Memory_Hill_Cemetery" title="Memory Hill Cemetery">Memory Hill Cemetery</a> in <a href="/wiki/Milledgeville,_Georgia" title="Milledgeville, Georgia">Milledgeville, Georgia</a>. </p><p>At the time of his death, Vinson was the last living member of the House of Representatives who was serving at the time of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_declaration_of_war_upon_Germany_(1917)" class="mw-redirect" title="United States declaration of war upon Germany (1917)">United States' declaration of war against the German Empire</a>, which precipitated the <a href="/wiki/United_States%27_entry_into_World_War_I" class="mw-redirect" title="United States' entry into World War I">United States' entry into World War I</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carl_Vinson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In recognition of his efforts on behalf of the U.S. Navy, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was named the <a href="/wiki/USS_Carl_Vinson" title="USS Carl Vinson">USS <i>Carl Vinson</i></a>, an honor <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._military_vessels_named_after_living_Americans" title="List of U.S. military vessels named after living Americans">rarely given to a person while living</a>. On March 15, 1980, at age 96, he attended the ship's launching.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes.com_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes.com-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Vinson_Massif" title="Vinson Massif">Vinson Massif</a>, Antarctica's highest mountain, is also named after him,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> together with the related <a href="/wiki/Mount_Vinson" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Vinson">Mount Vinson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vinson_Plateau" title="Vinson Plateau">Vinson Plateau</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Carl Vinson served 26 consecutive terms in the U.S. House, rarely running against significant opposition. He served for 50 years and one month, a record that stood until 1992, when the mark was surpassed by <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Whitten" title="Jamie Whitten">Jamie Whitten</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For his commitment, Vinson was awarded the prestigious <a href="/wiki/Sylvanus_Thayer_Award" title="Sylvanus Thayer Award">Sylvanus Thayer Award</a> by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">United States Military Academy</a>. In 1964, President <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a> awarded Vinson the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom with Special Distinction</a>, the highest award the President can give to a civilian. During his own tenure in the House, Johnson had served for years as a junior member of the House Naval Affairs Committee under Vinson. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Department of Veterans Affairs">Department of Veterans' Affairs</a> Medical Center in <a href="/wiki/Dublin,_Georgia" title="Dublin, Georgia">Dublin, Georgia</a>, serving veterans in Central and Southern Georgia, is named for Vinson. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Georgia" title="University of Georgia">University of Georgia</a> hosts the <a href="/wiki/Carl_Vinson_Institute_of_Government" title="Carl Vinson Institute of Government">Carl Vinson Institute of Government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Athens,_Georgia" title="Athens, Georgia">Athens, Georgia</a>, is the site of Carl Vinson Park. </p><p>Carl Vinson Parkway is located in <a href="/wiki/Warner_Robins,_Georgia" title="Warner Robins, Georgia">Warner Robins, Georgia</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Military_College" title="Georgia Military College">Georgia Military College</a> formerly had a barracks named for him. It was razed in the mid-2000s. </p><p>Vinson Hall Retirement Community in <a href="/wiki/McLean,_Virginia" title="McLean, Virginia">McLean, Virginia</a>, is named after Carl Vinson. </p><p>US <a href="/wiki/Federal_Standard_595" title="Federal Standard 595">Federal Standard 595</a> names a color in his honor: reference 25630, "Carl Vinson Blue." 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