Claude Pepper was seeking a third term in the U.S. Senate when this photo was taken around 1950. Pepper's liberal stances and efforts to appease the Soviet leadership earned him the nickname "Red Pepper" in the conservative political environment of the era. Gene Hyde Collection.

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