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Daniel Robert Glickman (born November 24, 1944) is an American politician, lawyer, lobbyist, and nonprofit leader. He served as the
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from 1995 until 2001, prior to which he represented as a
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in
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for 18 years."GLICKMAN, Daniel Robert (1944–)"
Biographical Information, ''Bioguide,'' U.S. Congress official website, retrieved April 3, 2017.
Following his departure from public office, Glickman led
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's School of Government and Institute of Politics. He was Chairman and CEO of the
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(MPAA) from 2004 to 2010. He serves as a Senior Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center, where he focuses on public health, national security, and economic policy issues. He also co-chairs BPC's Democracy Project and co-leads the center's Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative. He also serves on the board of directors of the
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, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, the board of Friends of the World Food Program and is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of
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. He also serves on the Council on American Politics at the
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.


Early life

Glickman was born in
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on November 24, 1944, the son of Gladys A. (née Kopelman) and Milton Glickman.Jehl, Douglas
"Man in the News – Turning Loss Into Victory – Daniel Robert Glickman,"
December 28, 1994, ''New York Times,'' retrieved February 11, 2017
His family was Jewish. The Glickman family operated Glickman Inc., a full-service scrap metal operation, since 1915 and Kansas Metal, an automobile and appliance shredder, since 1994. Glickman Inc. was founded by Jacob Glickman and later continued and expanded by Milton and Bill Glickman. With the death of Milton Glickman, Dan's father, in December 1999, Dan and his siblings Norman and Sharon Glickman carried on the family business until it was sold in 2002. Glickman graduated from Wichita Southeast High School in 1962. He graduated from
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with a B.A. in History in 1966, where he was a classmate with one of
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's Chiefs of Staff,
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, and received his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School in 1969. He is married to Rhoda Joyce Yura, with whom he has two children: Jonathan Glickman and Amy Glickman."Dan Glickman,"
Graduate School of Political Management,
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, Washington, D.C., retrieved February 11, 2017


Legal career

In 1969 and 1970, Glickman worked as a trial attorney for the
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, then was a partner in a law firm, Sargent, Klenda and Glickman.


Political career


Wichita Public Schools

Glickman's first foray into public office was as a publicly elected member of the Wichita School Board, which oversees the
Wichita Public Schools Wichita USD 259 is a public unified school district headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, United States. The district includes most of the cities of Wichita, Bel Aire, Eastborough, and Kechi. Overview The largest school district in the state of ...
(USD-259), one of the nation's largest school districts. Between 1973 and 1976 he served as President of the Wichita School Board.


U. S. House of Representatives

Glickman was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives to represent
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in 1976, serving from January 3, 1977 to January 3, 1995, through eight successive re-elections.


Election

In 1976, in his first congressional race, Glickman was elected to the House of Representatives as a
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from , defeating eight-term Republican incumbent
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. Glickman held the office for nine consecutive terms.McNulty, Timothy J.
"Incumbent's Defeat Is A Case Study In Grass-roots Politics,"
November 20, 1994, ''Chicago Tribune,'' retrieved February 10, 2017


Issues and committees

Glickman was active in
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policy, and co-wrote the General Aviation Revitalization Act (GARA) – controversial landmark legislation providing product liability protection for small airplane manufacturers (his district has produced most of America's light aircraft).Kovarik, Kerry V.,
A Good Idea Stretched Too Far: Amending the General Aviation Revitalization Act to Mitigate Unintended Inequities
" ''Seattle University Law Review'', Vol. 31, No. 4 (2008), Jan.2008, p.973, Seattle Univ. School of Law, Seattle, WA, US
PDF download
Rodengen, Jeffrey L., ed. by Elizabeth Fernandez & Alex Lieber, book: ''The Legend of Cessna'' (a detailed, documented history of Cessna Aircraft Company, supported by them; most references to this source are coupled with references to more independent sources), Write Stuff Enterprises, 2007, Ft.Lauderdale, Florida. Ch.15–16.Bruner, Borgna, ed., table:"Composition of Congress by Political Party, 1855–2005, pp.79–80 in ''Time Almanac 2006,'', Information Please (Pearson), Boston, Mass./ Time Inc., Des Moines, Iowa During his congressional tenure, Glickman was also active in
agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...
issues (his district's other major industry), and served on the
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, including six years as chair of the subcommittee overseeing federal farm policy. He served as principal author of the
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and other legislation. While there, he lobbied for the position of Secretary of Agriculture under President Bill Clinton, losing initially, but winning the post after his tenth-race election ouster from Congress."Dan Glickman, The Real Oliver Wendell Douglas,"
July 3, 2008. ''CBS News,'' retrieved February 11, 2017
In 1986, Glickman was one of the
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appointed by the House of Representatives in 1986 to prosecute the case in the impeachment trial of
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, judge of the United States District Court for Nevada. Claiborne was found guilty by the
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and removed from his federal judegeship. In 1993, he was appointed chair of the House
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of the
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, serving one term before his 1994 defeat. In October 1993, Glickman, representing a district whose second-largest industry was agriculture (particularly wheat production), voted for protectionism over free trade, restricting the importation of Canadian wheat."Dan Glickman on the Issues,"
OnTheIssues.org, retrieved February 16, 2017
On "media freedom" versus "family values" one analyst reported that Glickman, in June 1993, voted to require that television shows have explicit viewer advisories. Glickman would later lead the
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(MPAA), which develops such ratings for motion pictures. In his final term, Glickman was Chairman of the
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. He held open hearings to bring the intelligence community's post–Cold War activities to light and began a committee investigation into the
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espionage case. Colleagues from both parties lauded his quiet, non-grandstanding, "careful and considered" leadership of the committee. On abortion, Glickman straddled the fence, generally accommodating abortion, but voting for the Hyde Amendment that restricted federal funding of abortion. In 1993, while on the
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, he was absent from a key vote on removing most state abortion restrictions, and said later that he was unsure how he would have voted."Divided House Panel Advances Bill To Ease State Abortion Restrictions,"
May 20, 1993, ''New York Times,'' retrieved February 11, 2017


Defeat

In the Republican-landslide 1994 congressional elections, known as the
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, Glickman—in his bid for re-election to a 10th term—was unexpectedly defeated by Goddard Republican Todd Tiahrt.Christopher J. Catizone
"Debate Addresses Abortion Politics,"
March 9, 2004, ''Harvard Crimson,'' retrieved February 10, 2017.
Hegeman, Roxanna, ''Associated Press,'
"Kansas House race divides anti-abortion community,"
July 20, 2014, ''Associated Press,'' in ''Washington Times,'' retrieved February 10, 2017
Wingerter, Justin
"Wichita attorney Dan Giroux announces challenge to Rep. Mike Pompeo,"
October 1, 2015 (Updated October 2, 2015), Topeka ''Capital-Journal,'' retrieved February 16, 2017
Glickman later blamed his surprise defeat largely on his own pro-choice positions, which he said opponents used as an "organizing tool" to rally opposition against him from voters who were otherwise politically inactive. In a detailed review of Tiahrt's victory, the ''Chicago Tribune'' reported that Glickman's unexpected defeat was largely the product of Tiahrt's recruitment of 1,800 volunteers from churches and anti-abortion groups in their congressional district (which had become the center of the national anti-abortion movement"Drive Against Abortion Finds a Symbol: Wichita,"
August 4, 1991, ''The New York Times''
Abcarian, Robin
"Abortion doc's killer convicted,"
January 30, 2010, ''Chicago Tribune,'' (originally published January 29, 2010 in ''Los Angeles Times'' a
"Scott Roeder convicted of murdering abortion doctor George Tiller,"
, retrieved February 16, 2017; which says "...Wichita, which became a center of the anti-abortion movement in the late 1980s and 1990s."
Welch, William M.

May 31, 2009, ''USA Today,'' retrieved February 16, 2017; which says: "His practice made him a focal point in the political struggle over abortion, and his hometown became ground zero for anti-abortion activists. In 1993, Tiller was shot in both arms.... His clinic was bombed in 1985...."
Ball, Karen (Kansas City

May 31, 2009, ''Time'' magazine, retrieved February 16, 2017; which says: "George Tiller long ago erased the line between his private life and his public cause, turning his Wichita, Kans., clinic into ground zero in the fight over late-term abortions.... shot in both arms in 1993 by an antiabortion activist."
Eligon, John

January 25, 2013, ''New York Times,'' retrieved February 16, 2017; which says: "The ichita abortionclinic was also the focal point of the "Summer of Mercy" protests in 1991... tens of thousands of abortion protesters... more than 2,000... arrested — in an event that transformed... into a national brawl."
Carmon, Iri
"Kansas abortion clinic is back: Three years after George Tiller's murder by an anti-abortionist, his aide is picking up where her mentor left off,"
September 28, 2012, ''Salon,'' retrieved February 16, 2017; which says: "...Wichita, which has been ground zero for the abortion battle since the 1991 Summer of Mercy, when the antiabortion group Operation Rescue set up camp there."
), and from gun-rights organizations. Another casualty of the 1994 Republican congressional sweep was Glickman's wife, Rhoda, who, for 13 years, had led the Congressional Arts Caucus—one of 28 caucuses soon to be defunded by the incoming Republican Congress.


Post-Glickman era

, no other Democrat has won election to the congressional seat lost by Glickman."Kansas Democratic Party picks James Thompson as nominee for 4th District race,"
February 11, 2017, KWCH-TV News, retrieved February 12, 2017
The court-ordered
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in 2012 shifted the Fourth District sharply westward, reaching into more conservative"Political Geography: Kansas,"
March 9, 2012, in ''Five Thirty-Eight'' blog of the ''New York Times,'' retrieved February 12, 2017
Western Kansas.
June 8, 2012, ''Wichita Eagle,'' retrieved February 12, 2017
"Judges' decision moves Pratt County into 4th Congressional District,"
June 9, 2012, ''Pratt Tribune,''
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, retrieved February 12, 2017


Secretary of Agriculture

Following his congressional defeat, Glickman was appointed by
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to be the
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, where he served from 1995 to 2001. Glickman had sought the post previously but initially lost his bid to
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Congressman Mike Espy. Glickman's 1994 appointment to the post followed Espy's departure under ethics concerns. Glickman's Senate confirmation was supported by a powerful Republican, Senate Minority Leader
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, from Glickman's home state of Kansas. During Glickman's tenure, he participated in implementation of the Department's controversial HACCP Program to control food safety at U.S. food-processing facilities, some of which was subsequently overturned in the federal court
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."Interviews – Dan Glickman"
from episode
Modern Meat
" April, 2002, PBS ''FRONTLINE,''
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(PBS), retrieved February 11, 2017
During President Clinton's February 4, 1997
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address to Congress, Glickman was the "
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". What It's Like Being U. S. Government's Designated Survivor," Part 2 Video November 23, 2016, ABC ''20/20,'' ABC News, retrieved February 11, 2017 When Clinton's term ended, Glickman's career in government ended, but was followed by numerous leadership roles in related institutions and organizations.


Post-government career

Following his departure from public office, Glickman held a variety of roles in civic-oriented nonprofits. He is a common media interviewee."TIMES TOPICS: Dan Glickman,"
''New York Times,'' retrieved February 11, 2017
"Search results for Dan Glickman,"
in
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(first of multiple pages of listings), retrieved February 10, 2017
Search Results for "Dan Glickman"
in
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(first of multiple pages of listings), retrieved February 10, 2017
"Search results for Dan Glickman,"
in
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(first of multiple pages of listings), retrieved February 10, 2017


Harvard University

After Clinton's term ended, Glickman became the head of
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's
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, and later director of Harvard's Institute of Politics.


Aspen Institute

Glickman became Executive Director of the
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Congressional Program, a nongovernmental, nonpartisan discussion fellowship for public leaders.


George Washington University

Glickman is a Senior Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center and the
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at The Graduate School of Political Management at
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in Washington, D.C., where he teaches.


University of Southern California

Glickman is a senior fellow of the Center on Communication Leadership and Policy at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.


Council on Foreign Relations

Glickman is a member of the
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, America's pre-eminent foreign policy
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, led by several former U.S. Secretaries of State and other top former national security leaders.


CIA Advisor

During President Barack Obama's administration, Glickman served on the External Advisory Board to
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Director Leon Panetta. (Glickman, while in Congress, had chaired the House
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.)


Center for U.S. Global Engagement

Glickman is Chair of the
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, at the
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.


Refugees International

Glickman left the Motion Picture Association of America in 2010 to serve as president of
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. He occupied the post for less than three months.Search Results for "Dan Glickman Refugees International"
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Food and agriculture

Glickman's political experience in agriculture led to several post-political roles, including: *
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: In 2021, Glickman joined the
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at
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as an Adjunct Professor of the Practice, teaching, mentoring, and contributing to the School's advocacy and public impact. *
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: Glickman serves on the board of directors *
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, a domestic anti-hunger organization * National
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Council, Board of Trustees: The leading national youth agriculture-education program. Glickman favored the expansion of 4-H urban programs *
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: Glickman co-chairs an initiative of eight foundations, administered by the Meridian Institute, to look at long term implications of food and agricultural policy. *
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: Glickman chairs an initiative at the Institute of Medicine on "accelerating progress on childhood obesity." *
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-USA: vice-chair *
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: co-chair of its global agricultural development initiative * Author of "Farm Futures," in ''
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'' (May/June 2009)


Issue One – Council for Responsible Social Media

In October 2022, Glickman joined the Council for Responsible Social Media project launched by
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to address the negative mental, civic, and public health impacts of
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in the United States co-chaired by former House Democratic Caucus Leader
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and former Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor
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.


Other roles

* Communities In Schools, a federation of independent 501(c)(3) organizations in 27 states and the District of Columbia that work to address the "dropout epidemic"—one of the largest dropout-prevention organizations in the U.S., and one of the largest promoters of community-based, integrated student-support services. CIS identifies and mobilizes existing community resources, and fosters cooperative partnerships, such as: mentoring, tutoring, health care, summer and after-school programs, family counseling, and service learning. *
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at the
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, a not-for-profit, independent, research and educational institute dedicated to creating, aggregating, and disseminating intellectual capital on business and policy issues in emerging markets. It provides a forum for business leaders and public policy makers to discuss issues affecting the environment in which these companies operate. * Advisory Board member fo
The Michigan in Washington Program
at the University of Michigan. The MIW program offers an opportunity each year for 45–50 undergraduates from any major to spend a semester (Fall or Winter) in Washington D.C. Students combine coursework with an internship that reflects their particular area of interest (such as American politics, international studies, history, the arts, public health, economics, the media, the environment, science and technology). The semester in Washington is rigorous. Students work during the day, attend classes in the evenings, and explore the city on weekends.


Motion picture industry

In 2004, the
Motion Picture Association of America The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is an American trade association representing the five major film studios of the United States, as well as the video streaming service Netflix. Founded in 1922 as the Motion Picture Producers and Distribu ...
(MPAA) announced that Glickman would replace
Jack Valenti Jack Joseph Valenti (September 5, 1921 – April 26, 2007) was an American political advisor and lobbyist who served as a Special Assistant to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. He was also the longtime president of the Motion Picture Association ...
as its chief lobbyist. Glickman served as Chairman and CEO of the MPAA from 2004 to 2012. When Glickman was named to the MPAA post, his son Jonathan Glickman was serving as President of Spyglass Entertainment Spyglass Media Group and produced such films as '' While You Were Sleeping'' and ''
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''. A hallmark of Glickman's MPAA tenure was his "war on movie piracy", or the illegal copying and distribution of motion pictures. In an MPAA press release, May 31, 2006, entitled "Swedish Authorities Sink Pirate Bay", Dan Glickman stated
The actions today taken in Sweden serve as a reminder to pirates all over the world that there are no safe harbours for Internet copyright thieves
In the 2007 documentary ''
Good Copy Bad Copy ''Good Copy Bad Copy'' (subtitled Good Copy Bad Copy: A documentary about the current state of copyright and culture) is a 2007 documentary film about copyright and culture in the context of Internet, peer-to-peer file sharing and other technologic ...
'', Glickman was interviewed in connection with the 2006 raid on
The Pirate Bay The Pirate Bay (sometimes abbreviated as TPB) is an online index of digital content of entertainment media and software. Founded in 2003 by Swedish think tank Piratbyrån, The Pirate Bay allows visitors to search, download, and contribute mag ...
by the Swedish police, conceding that piracy will never be stopped, but stating that they will try to make it as difficult and tedious as possible. On January 22, 2010, Glickman announced he would step down as head of the MPAA on April 1, 2010.The Longest Goodbye in MPAA History
Deadline.com. Retrieved on September 23, 2011.
Glickman remains, however, a member of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motio ...
, which dispenses the Motion Picture
Academy Awards The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
(Oscars), and the
American Film Institute The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private funding and public membership fees. Leade ...
.


See also

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List of Jewish members of the United States Congress This is a list of Jewish members of the United States Congress. , there are 10 Jewish senators and 27 Jewish members of the House of Representatives serving in the United States Congress. Senate Elected to the Senate, but not seated House ...


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Congressional Biographical Dictionary entry
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