Emanuel Celler

Emanuel Celler (1924)

Emanuel Celler (born May 6, 1888 in Brooklyn , New York , †  January 15, 1981 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1923 and 1973 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Emanuel Celler attended public schools in his home country. In 1910 he graduated from Columbia College , later Columbia University in New York City. After a subsequent law degree at Columbia Law School and his admission to the bar in 1912, he began to work in this profession in New York City. During the First World War he was a member of the drafting committee. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party . In 1922 and 1932 he participated in the regional Democratic Party Conventions for New York State; between 1942 and 1964 he was a delegate to all Democratic National Conventions .

In the 1922 congressional elections , Celler was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the tenth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Lester D. Volk on March 4, 1923 . After 24 re-elections, he was able to complete a total of 25 legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1973 . He changed his constituency several times. Until 1945 he represented the tenth, then until 1953 the 15th, then until 1963 the eleventh and finally again the tenth district of his state. Between 1949 and 1953 and again from 1955 to 1973 he headed the Judiciary Committee . In his 50-year term as congressman, among others, fell the Great Depression , the New Deal -Gesetze the Roosevelt -Regierung, the Second World War , the Cold War , the Korean War , the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement . In 1935 the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were applied for the first time , according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd. In the years just before and during the Second World War, Celler called for a reform of immigration policy to make it easier for politically persecuted people to immigrate to the United States. This particularly affected people in Europe threatened by the Holocaust . Later he was also a political opponent of Senator Joseph McCarthy and his policy against so - called un - American activities .

In 1972, Emanuel Celler was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. He also commented on the political events of his time as a guest on numerous talk shows. Between 1973 and 1975 he was a member of a Commission on Revision of the Federal Appellate Court System . He died in Brooklyn on January 15, 1981.

Web links

Commons : Emanuel Celler  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Emanuel Celler in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Lester D. Volk	United States House of Representatives for New York (10th constituency) March 4, 1923 - January 3, 1945	Andrew Lawrence Somers
Thomas F. Burchill	United States House of Representatives for New York (15th constituency) January 3, 1945 - January 3, 1953	John H. Ray
James J. Heffernan	United States House of Representatives for New York (11th constituency) January 3, 1953 - January 3, 1963	Eugene James Keogh
Edna F. Kelly	United States House of Representatives for New York (10th constituency) Jan. 3, 1963 –3. January 1973	Mario Biaggi