Background
Short, Dewey was born on April 7, 1898 in in Galena, Missouri, United States. Son of Jackson Grant and Permelia Cordelia (Long) Short.
government official ex-congressman
Short, Dewey was born on April 7, 1898 in in Galena, Missouri, United States. Son of Jackson Grant and Permelia Cordelia (Long) Short.
Graduate Marionville (Missouri) College, 1917. Bachelor of Arts, Baker University, 1919. Frank Doctorate. Howard fellow, Boston University, Bachelor of Sacred Theology, 1922, Doctor of Laws, 1941.
Studied Harvard, University of Berlin, Heidelberg, University of Oxford, 1922-1925.
Doctor of Laws, Drury College, Springfield, Missouri, 1930, Boston University, 1941, Baker University, 1954. Juris Utriusque Doctor, Central College, 1953.
Professor philosophy and psychology, Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, 1923-1924, 1926-1928. Member 71st Congress (1929-1931), 14th Missouri District, 74th to 84th Congresses, 7th Missouri District Chairman House Committee on Armed Services, 1953-1955. Delegate Republican National Convention, Chicago, 1932, International Parliamentary Union, Oslo, Norway, 1939, Cairo, Egypt, 1947.
Member Congressional Delaware to inspect Nazi atrocity camps, 1945.
Alternate delegate United States-Japanese Security Pact. President National Rivers and Harbors Congress, 1938-1944, Chairman of the Board, 1944-1948.
Vice chairman National Republican Congressional Committee, 1950-1957. Assistant secretary Army for civil-military affairs, 1957-1960.
Received 108 votes for vice-presidential nomination Republican National Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1940.
Served as acting Lieutenant infantry, United States Army, World War. Member Missouri Society, Young Republican Association of Missouri, American Legion, National Rifle Association, Delta Tau Delta, Pi Gamma Museum. Mason. Dewey Short Scholarship established in his honor by Aerojet General Corporation.
Married Helen Gladys Hughes, April.