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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkJAVITS, Jacob Koppel
(1904—1986)
Senate Years of Service:
1957-1981
Party:
Republican
JAVITS, Jacob Koppel, a Representative and a Senator from New York; born in New York City, May 18, 1904; attended the public schools; traveling salesman; attended night classes at Columbia University; graduated from the New York University Law School in 1926; admitted to the bar in 1927 and commenced practice in New York City; lecturer and author of articles on political and economic problems; during the Second World War, served with the Chemical Warfare Service 1941-1944, with overseas service in the European and Pacific Theaters; discharged as a lieutenant colonel in 1945; resumed the practice of law; elected as a Republican to the Eightieth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1947, until his resignation December 31, 1954; had been renominated in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress but withdrew; attorney general of New York 1954-1957; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1956 for the term commencing January 3, 1957, but did not assume his duties until January 9, 1957; reelected in 1962, 1968, and again in 1974, and served from January 9, 1957, to January 3, 1981; unsuccessful Republican candidate for renomination in 1980; unsuccessful Liberal candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1980; resumed the practice of law; adjunct professor of public affairs at Columbia University’s School of International Affairs; author; awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on February 23, 1983; died in West Palm Beach, Florida, on March 7, 1986; interment in Linden Hill Cemetery, Queens, New York City.
Bibliography
American National Biography
; Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives
; Javits, Jacob, and Steinberg, Rafael. Javits: The Autobiography of a Public Man
. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1981.
Javits, Jacob K. “Congress and Foreign Relations: The Taiwan Relations Act.” Foreign Affairs
60 (Fall 1981): 54-62.
___. “The Congressional Presence in Foreign Relations.” Foreign Affairs
48 (January 1970): 221-34.
___. Discrimination, U.S.A.
1960. Rev. ed. New York: Washington Square Press, 1962.
___. “How I Used a Poll in Campaigning for Congress.” Public Opinion Quarterly
(Summer 1947): 222-26.
___. Order of Battle: A Republican’s Call to Reason
. 1964. Rev. and enlarged ed. New York: Pocket Books, 1966.
___. A Proposed Amendment to the Anti-Trust Laws
. New York: Appeal Printing Co., 1940.
___. “War Powers Reconsidered.” Foreign Affairs
64 (Fall 1985): 130-40.
Javits, Jacob K., Charles J. Hitch, and Arthur F. Burns. The Defense Sector and the American Economy
. New York: New York University Press, 1968.
Javits, Jacob K., and Don Kellermann. Who Makes War: The President versus Congress
. New York: William Morrow & Co., 1973.
Javits, Jacob K., and Gary J. Klein. “Congressional Oversight and Legislative Veto: A Constitutional Analysis.” New York University Law Review
52 (June 1977): 455-97.
Javits, Jacob K., with Rafael Steinberg. Javits: The Autobiography of a Public Man
. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1981.
Kelly, Michael Patrick. “Jacob K. Javits: The Education of an Urban Liberal, 1904-1957.” Ph.D. dissertation, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1999.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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