Jacob K. Javits

Jacob K. Javits

Jacob K. Javits Federal Building

Jacob Koppel Javits (born May 18, 1904 in New York City , † March 7, 1986 in West Palm Beach , Florida ) was an American politician . Between 1947 and 1954 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives and between 1957 and 1981 in the US Senate .

Career

Jacob Javits attended public schools. Then he worked as a business traveler. He attended evening classes at Columbia University . In 1926 he graduated from the Law School of New York University . After receiving his license to practice bar in 1927, he began practicing in New York City. He was an editor and author of articles on political and economic problems. During the Second World War he served in the Chemical Warfare Service of the US Army between 1941 and 1944 and took part in the acts of war in both the European and Pacific theaters of war. When he retired in 1945 he held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel . After returning to the United States, he resumed his practice as a lawyer. Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party .

In the 1946 congressional elections for the 80th Congress , Javits was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 21st  constituency of New York , where he succeeded James H. Torrens on January 4, 1947 . He was re-elected three times in a row, but resigned from his seat in the US House of Representatives before the end of his last term on December 31, 1954. At that time he was already nominated for the 84th Congress , but withdrew his candidacy. Between 1954 and 1957 he was Attorney General of New York.

In the 1956 congressional elections , he was elected to the US Senate for New York. His term of office began on January 3, 1957, but he could not perform his duties until January 9, 1957. He was re-elected in 1962 , 1968 and 1974 . When he was re-nominated for the US Senate in 1980, he suffered a defeat. He then stood unsuccessfully in 1980 as a candidate for the Liberal Party for the US Senate and finally resigned from Congress on January 3, 1981.

After that he practiced as a lawyer again. He also worked as a lecturer in public affairs at Columbia University's School of International Affairs . He also worked as an author. On February 23, 1983, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom . He died on March 7, 1986 in West Palm Beach. His body was then interred in Linden Hill Cemetery in Queens .

In his honor, the Manhattan building at 26 Federal Plaza bears his name as the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building .

Web links

Commons : Jacob K. Javits  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Jacob K. Javits in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Jacob K. Javits in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jacob Javits Federal Building & James Watson Court of International Trade, New York, NY General Services Administration , online, (English)