Ribicoff, Abraham Alexander, a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in New Britain, Hartford County, Conn., April 9, 1910;

Attended the public schools and New York University; graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 1933 and was admitted to the bar the same year New York University (NYU) is a large research university in New York City. ... The University of Chicago Law School is a part of the prestigious University of Chicago. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Ribicoff was member of the Connecticut legislature 1938-1942 and judge of the Hartford Police Court between 1941-1943 and 1945-1947. He served as chairman of the assembly of municipal court judges for the State of Connecticut from 1941 to 1942;

Ribicoff was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1953) and was not a candidate for renomination in 1952 and was unsuccessful for election to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. Ribicoff served as Governor of Connecticut from 1955 to 1961, when he was sworn in as Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in the Cabinet of President John F. Kennedy. Ribicoff was elected to the United States Senate in 1962 and served until 1981. The following is a list of Governors of the State of Connecticut, from the Colonial period through present day. ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ...

After his political career, he practiced law in New York City and resided in Cornwall Bridge, Conn. Ribicoff died in New York City on February 22, 1998; interment at Cornwall Cemetery, Cornwall, Conn.

(taken from: bibliographical directory of the United States Congress)