original_query: What positions did William Stuart Symington III hold in the United States government?
query: What positions did William Stuart Symington III hold in the United States government?
answer: William Stuart Symington III served as the first Secretary of the Air Force (1947-1950), United States Senator from Missouri (1953-1976), Chairman of the Surplus Property Board (1945), Administrator of the Property Administration (1945-1946), Assistant Secretary of War for Air (1946-1947), Chairman of the National Security Resources Board (1950-1951), and Chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Administrator (1951-1952).