Abraham Ribicoff

Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (April 9, 1910–February 22, 1998) was an American politician. He served in the United States Congress and as President John F. Kennedy's Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Image File history File links Abraham Ribicoff source File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America. ... Seal of the President of the United States The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. ... Order: 35th President Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson Term of office: January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 Preceded by: Dwight D. Eisenhower Succeeded by: Lyndon B. Johnson Date of birth: May 29, 1917 Place of birth: Brookline, Massachusetts Date of death: November 22, 1963 Place of death: Dallas, Texas First... The United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare was the head of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. ...

Born in New Britain, Connecticut, he attended public schools and New York University. He graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 1933 and was admitted to the bar the same year. New Britain is a city located in Hartford County, Connecticut. ... State nickname: The Constitution State Other U.S. States Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Governor M. Jodi Rell Official languages English Area 14,371 km² (48th)  - Land 12,559 km²  - Water 1,809 km² (12. ... 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). ...

He began his political career as a member of the Connecticut state legislature, serving in that body from 1938 to 1942. From 1941 until 1943 and again from 1945 to 1947 he was judge of Hartford Police Court. The Connecticut General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. ...

He was elected as a Democrat to the 81st and 82nd Congresses serving from 1949 until 1953. In 1952 he had an unsuccessful bid for election to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate, losing to Prescott Bush, grandfather of the current President of the United States. The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... 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. ... Prescott Bush Prescott Sheldon Bush (May 15, 1895, Columbus, Ohio – October 8, 1972, New York City) was a U.S. Senator from Connecticut and a Wall Street executive banker with Brown Brothers Harriman. ... Seal of the President of the United States The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. ...

From 1955 to 1961 he was Governor of Connecticut, serving until he was sworn in as Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in JFK's Presidential Cabinet. He was finally elected to the United States Senate in 1962 and served from January 3, 1963, to January 3, 1981. 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The following is a list of Governors of the State of Connecticut, from the Colonial period through present day. ... Cabinet meeting on May 16, 2001. ... 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. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

At the 1968 Democratic National Convention, during a speech nominating George McGovern, he went off-script, saying, "If George McGovern were president, we wouldn’t have these Gestapo tactics in the streets of Chicago." Many conventioneers, having been appalled by the response of the Chicago police to the simultaneously occurring anti-war demonstrations, promptly broke into ecstatic applause. As television cameras focused on an indignant Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, lip-readers throughout America claimed to have observed him shouting, "Fuck you, you Jew motherfucker." Defenders of the mayor would later claim that he was calling Senator Ribicoff a faker. Police and protesters at the Convention The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago by the United States Democratic Party, for the purposes of choosing the Democratic nominee for the 1968 U.S. Presidential Election. ... Dr. George Stanley McGovern (born July 19, 1922 in Avon, South Dakota) was a United States Congressman, Senator, and Democratic presidential candidate, losing the 1972 presidential election to incumbent Richard Nixon. ... The Gestapo was the official secret police force of Nazi Germany. ... 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. ... Richard J. Daley Richard Joseph Daley (May 15, 1902 - December 20, 1976) was an American politician who served as Chairman of the Cook County Democratic Central Committee from 1953 and Mayor of Chicago from 1955, retaining both positions until his death in 1976. ... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ...

During his time in the Senate he was was chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Government Operations (94th and 95th Congresses) and its successor committee, the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs (95th and 96th Congresses). Following his service in the Senate practiced law in New York City and resided in Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut. The United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs has jurisdiction over matters related to the functioning of the government itself, including the National Archives, budget and accounting measures other than appropriations, the Census, the federal civil service, the affairs of the District of Columbia, and the United States Postal Service. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ...

He died in New York City in 1998 and is buried at Cornwall Cemetery.

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External links

• "Abraham Ribicoff, 87, Dies," The Washington Post, 23 Feb 1998, p. D06.