Jacob Javits, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jacob Javits

American politician

Date of Birth: 18-May-1904

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 07-Mar-1986

Profession: lawyer, politician, author, salesperson, lecturer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Jacob Javits

  • Jacob Koppel Javits (May 18, 1904 – March 7, 1986) was an American politician who represented New York in both houses of Congress.After graduating from New York University School of Law, he established a law practice in New York City.
  • During World War II, he served in the United States Army's Chemical Warfare Department.
  • Outraged by the corruption of Tammany Hall, Javits joined the Republican Party and supported New York Mayor Fiorello H.
  • La Guardia.
  • He won election to the United States House of Representatives in 1946 and served in that body until 1954.
  • In the House, Javits supported President Harry S.
  • Truman's Cold War foreign policy and voted to fund the Marshall Plan.
  • He defeated Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.
  • in the 1954 election for Attorney General of New York, and defeated Democrat Robert F.
  • Wagner Jr.
  • in the 1956 Senate election.
  • Javits won re-election to the Senate in 1962, 1968, and 1974. In the House and Senate, Javits established himself as a liberal Republican.
  • He opposed the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 and supported much of Lyndon B.
  • Johnson's Great Society programs and civil rights legislation.
  • He voted for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution but came to question Johnson's handling of the Vietnam War.
  • To rein in presidential war powers, Javits sponsored the War Powers Resolution.
  • Javits also sponsored the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, which regulated defined-benefit private pensions.Javits lost the 1980 Republican Senate primary to Al D'Amato, who campaigned to Javits's right.
  • Javits nonetheless ran in the election as the nominee of the Liberal Party, and D'Amato defeated Javits and Democratic nominee Elizabeth Holtzman.
  • Javits died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in West Palm Beach, Florida in 1986.

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