Gerald Nye

Gerald Nye
Nye in December 1925
United States Senator
from North Dakota
In office
November 14, 1925 – January 3, 1945
Preceded byEdwin F. Ladd
Succeeded byJohn Moses
Personal details
Born
Gerald Prentice Nye

(1892-12-19)December 19, 1892
Hortonville, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedJuly 17, 1971(1971-07-17) (aged 78)
Brentwood, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Other political
affiliations
Democratic (until 1924)

Gerald Prentice Nye (December 19, 1892 – July 17, 1971) was an American politician who represented North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1925 to 1945. Nye rose to national fame in the 1930s as chair of the Special Committee on Investigation of the Munitions Industry, which studied the causes of United States' involvement in World War I and became known as the Nye Committee. Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was a prominent opponent of United States involvement in World War II.