David H. Gambrell
| David H. Gambrell | |
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United States Senator from Georgia |
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In office February 1, 1971 – November 7, 1972 |
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| Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Richard Russell, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Sam Nunn |
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December 20, 1929 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Luck Flanders Gambrell , Jeanne Martin Gambrell |
| Children | Luck Gambrell Henry Gambrell Alice Gambrell Mary Gambrell |
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Davidson College Harvard Law School |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Unit | Reserves |
David Henry Gambrell (born December 20, 1929) is a Georgia attorney who represented his state in the United States Senate from 1971 through 1972.
Gambrell was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 20, 1929. He graduated from Davidson College in 1949, and received his JD, with honors, from Harvard Law School in 1952. He served in the reserves of the United States Army. After serving as a Teaching Fellow at Harvard and then as an associate and partner at the King and Spalding law firm in Atlanta, Gambrell founded Gambrell & Stolz, LLP in 1963. He served as president of the Atlanta Bar Association from 1965 to 1966, and as president of the State Bar of Georgia from 1967 to 1968. He also served in the American Bar Association House of Delegates, on the Board of Editors of the ABA Journal, and as Director of the National Legal Aid and Defender Association. In 2002, he received the State Bar of Georgia's Distinguished Service Award, and the Atlanta Bar Association, in 2007, honored him with their Leadership Award.
Gambrell served as chairman of the Georgia Democratic Party (1970–1971). In 1971, upon the death of Richard Russell, Jr., Governor Jimmy Carter appointed Gambrell to the United States Senate, where he served during the years 1971 and 1972. While in the Senate he served as a member of the Banking Committee, Aeronautics and Space Committee, and Senate Select Committee on Small Business. Gambrell, a moderate, was defeated in the Democratic primary in 1972 by the more conservative Sam Nunn, who went on to serve in the Senate for the next twenty-four years. Gambrell sought the Democratic nomination for Governor in 1974, but fared badly, finishing behind Lester Maddox, George Busbee (the eventual winner), and Bert Lance.
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