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Alan MacGregor Cranston (June 19, 1914 – December 31, 2000) was an American politician and journalist who served as a United States senator from California from 1969 to 1993, and as President of the World Federalist Association from 1949 to 1952.
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TTTA extracted 35 structured relationships around Alan Cranston. Examples in this analysis include Alan Cranston → Allegiance → United States and Alan Cranston → Battles/wars → World War II. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Cranston | Allegiance | United States | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Battles/wars | World War II | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Born | Alan MacGregor Cranston (1914-06-19)June 19, 1914 Palo Alto, California, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Branch/service | United States Army | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Children | 2 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Died | December 31, 2000(2000-12-31) (aged 86) Los Altos Hills, California, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Education | Stanford University (BA) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Governor | Pat Brown | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Leader | Robert Byrd George Mitchell | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Leader | Robert Byrd | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Party | Democratic | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Preceded by | Thomas Kuchel | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Preceded by | Frank Murkowski | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Preceded by | Vance Hartke | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Preceded by | Alan K. Simpson | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Preceded by | Robert Byrd | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Preceded by | Ted Stevens | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Preceded by | Robert C. Kirkwood | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Senate positions | Senate positions Chair of the Senate Veterans Affairs CommitteeIn office January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993Preceded byFrank MurkowskiSucceeded byJay RockefellerIn office January… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Spouses | .mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marria… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Succeeded by | Barbara Boxer .mw-parser-output .cisb-header{line-height:normal;padding:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cisb-table{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .cisb-table.cisb-last{margin-bottom:-0.4… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Succeeded by | Jay Rockefeller | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Succeeded by | Alan K. Simpson | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Succeeded by | Wendell Ford | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Succeeded by | Ted Stevens | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Succeeded by | Houston I. Flournoy | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alan Cranston | Years of service | 1944–1945 | 1.00 | infobox |
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Source: Wikipedia — Alan Cranston · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout