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Jacob Koppel Javits (/ ˈ dʒ æ v ɪ t s / JAV-its; May 18, 1904 – March 7, 1986) [1] was an American lawyer and politician from New York. During his time in politics, he served in both chambers of the United States Congress , a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1954 and a member of the United ...
Jacob Javits, Republican senator from New York from 1957 to 1981, was known for his work ethic and unbounded energy. A self-described “Lincolnian,” Javits championed the rights of the average American, often supporting federal spending on health care, education, housing, and the arts and humanities.
Jacob Koppel Javits was born in New York City on May 18, 1904. He attended the public schools, worked as a traveling salesman, and attended night classes at Columbia University. He graduated from the New York University Law School in 1926 and was admitted to the bar in 1927.
May 17, 2018 · JAVITS, JACOB KOPPEL (1904–1986), U.S. lawyer and politician. Javits was born in New York City to poor, immigrant parents. After attending Columbia University and New York University Law School, Javits formed a law partnership with his brother (1927) and for the next several years practiced as a trial lawyer, gaining fame for his ...
Mar 8, 1986 · Former New York Sen. Jacob K. Javits, an apostle of progressive Republicanism for more than three decades and widely regarded in his time as one of the most brilliant people in Congress, died...
Mar 8, 1986 · Jacob K. Javits, who began life in a Lower East Side tenement and, as a United States Senator for 24 years, became one of the most respected and influential political figures in the nation, died...
by Jacob K. Javits, With Rafael Steinberg. Houghton Mifflin. 527 pp. $16.95. Jacob K. Javits served longer in the United States Senate than any other Senator from New York State. One of his proudest moments, he tells us, was the day he surpassed the record of Robert F. Wagner, Sr.
