However. in 1946 he was elected to the U.S. Senate. A Member of the Senate for two terms. he served on the Senate Interior. Judiciary. and Joint Economic Committees. He was responsible for revising immigration law. and was the sponsor of legislation to admit refugees from countlies torn by World War II. Senator Watkins died at the home of his daughter in Orem. in Utah County. the town from which he began his political career. and where he had also managed a commercial orchard and turkey farm. Although Arthur Watkins and I differed on some issues. and sometimes challenged one another on political philosophy.
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