Francis Bowes Sayre Jr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetFrancis Bowes Sayre Jr.
American priest
Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1915
Place of Birth: White House, District of Columbia, United States
Date of Death: 03-Oct-2008
Profession: Anglican priest
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Francis Bowes Sayre Jr.
- Francis B.
- Sayre Jr.
- (January 17, 1915 – October 3, 2008) was Dean of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., for 27 years.
- He was the first grandchild of President Woodrow Wilson. He was a vocal opponent of segregation, poverty, McCarthyism, and the Vietnam War.
- In March 1965 he joined Martin Luther King Jr.
- on the voting-rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
- Sayre was unafraid to denounce Senator Joseph McCarthy, Republican from Wisconsin, during the hey-day of the latter's influence in the 1950s.
- In 1954, Sayre called McCarthy a "pretended patriot", adding "There is a devilish indecision about any society that will permit an impostor like McCarthy to caper out front while the main army stands idly by."
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