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Jacob K. Javits
U.S. Congressperson
1904 – 1986
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Who was Jacob K. Javits?
Jacob Koppel "Jake" Javits was a politician who served as a United States Senator from New York from 1957 to 1981. A liberal Republican, he was originally allied with Governor Nelson Rockefeller, fellow Senators Irving Ives and Kenneth Keating, and New York City Mayor John Lindsay.
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- Born
- May 18, 1904
New York City - Also known as
- Jacob Javits
- Spouses
- Marjorie Joan Ringling
(1933 - 1936) - Marian Ann Borris Javits
(1947 - 1986)
- Marjorie Joan Ringling
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- New York University
- New York University School of Law
- Columbia University
- Lived in
- New York City
- Died
- Mar 7, 1986
West Palm Beach
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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