Abner Joseph Mikva was a Democratic U.S. Congressman, federal judge, and law professor from Illinois. The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... A Congressman or Congresswoman (generically, Congressperson) is a politician who is a member of a Congress. ... State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich Official languages English Area 149,998 km² (25th)  - Land 143,968 km²  - Water 6,030 km² (4. ...

Born in Milwaukee on January 21, 1926, he graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 1951. After clerking for Supreme Court Justice Sherman Minton, he spent ten years in the Illinois state legislature before serving in the U.S. Congress from 1969-73 and 1975-79, when he resigned to accept an appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. His status as an independent Democrat hostile to the Chicago Democratic machine enhanced his electability in a predominately Republican suburban district. In 1978 he had been narrowly reelected against Republican John Porter in what was one of the most expensive congressional races to that time. (Mikva then resigned the seat in 1979, and was Porter succeeded him anyway after another special election.) This article is about Milwaukee in Wisconsin. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The University of Chicago Law School is a part of the prestigious University of Chicago. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... In order to become a Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States, an individual must be nominated by the President of the United States and approved by the U.S. Senate, with at least half of that body approving in the affirmative. ... Sherman Minton, (October 20, 1890–April 9, 1965) was a United States Senator and an associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. ... State legislatures are the lawmaking bodies of the 50 states in the United States of America. ... The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, known informally as the D.C. Circuit, is the federal appellate court for the U.S. district court in Washington, DC. Appeals from the D.C. Circuit, as with all the U.S. Courts of Appeals, are heard... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... For others by this name, see John Porter John Edward Porter (b. ...

He taught law at Northwestern University and was White House Counsel from 1993-94. The Arch, the main entrance to Northwesterns Evanston campus Northwestern University is a private university situated in Evanston, Illinois, on a 240 acre (970,000 m²) campus along the shores of Lake Michigan. ... The White House Counsel is a staff appointee of the President of the United States. ...

In November 2004, Mikva was an international election observer of Ukraine's contested presidential election.

External links

• Official biography (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000703)
• "Ukraine election shenanigans an eye-opener for Mikva" (http://www.suntimes.com/output/brown/cst-nws-brown29.html)