Ribicoff, Abraham, 1910-1998
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Name (Hebrew)
ריביקוף, אברהם, 1910-1998
Name (Latin)
Ribicoff, Abraham, 1910-1998
Other forms of name
Ribicoff, Abraham, 1910-
nna Ribicoff, Abraham A., 1910-
Date of birth
1910-04-10
Date of death
1998-02-22
Occupation
Legislators
Gender
male
See Also From tracing corporate name
Connecticut. Governor (1955-1961 : Ribicoff)
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- U.S. Cong. S. Comm. on Finance. Nominations. Hearings ... on nominations of Douglas Dillon ... 1961.
- Washington Post, Feb. 23, 1998:obit. (d. Feb. 22, 1998; 3-term U.S. senator from Conn.; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; b. April 10, 1910)
- Report of Governor Abraham Ribicoff to the General Assembly, 1957.
- Conn. biog. dict, 2000:(Ribicoff, Abraham Alexander; gov. Conn., Jan. 5, 1955-Jan. 31, 1961; resigned to accept app't as secretary of health, education and welfare)
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Wikipedia description:
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. Kennedy's cabinet. He was Connecticut's first and to date only Jewish governor.
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