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Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (April 9, 1910 – February 22, 1998) was an American Democratic Party politician from the state of Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives and Senate and was the 80th Governor of Connecticut and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in President John F ...
Feb 23, 1998 · Abraham A. Ribicoff of Connecticut, the son of impoverished immigrant parents who put himself through school working in a buckle factory and went on to become a governor, a senator, a Cabinet...
Abraham A. Ribicoff, 87, the son of an immigrant who went on to a long and admired career in public life as a U.S. senator from Connecticut, governor of his state and secretary of the U.S....
Feb 23, 1998 · Abraham A. Ribicoff, the powerful and popular Governor of Connecticut, Congressman and United States Senator who served as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under John F. Kennedy,...
Apr 11, 2022 · Abraham Ribicoff rose from a New Britain tenement to become Connecticut's first Jewish governor and a confidant of President John F. Kennedy.
Ribicoff served as a member of the House of Representatives until 1952. Two years later, he was elected as governor of Connecticut. He remained at this post until asked by newly elected President John Kennedy to serve in the cabinet as the secretary of health, education, and welfare.
Feb 27, 1998 · Abraham Ribicoff, Connecticut's first and only Jewish governor and one of its longest-serving senators, died Feb. 21 of heart failure in the Bronx. He was 87. Many across the country mourned his passing and pondered a career symbolized by character and principle.
