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Abner Joseph Mikva
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · 1979
Abner Joseph Mikva , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The Senate voted 58–31 on the nomination on Sep 25, 1979 (). Abner Joseph Mikva ( AB-nər MIK-və; January 21, 1926 – July 4, 2016) was an American politician, federal judge, and legal scholar. He was a member of the Democratic Party. After serving in the Illinois House of Representatives, Mikva ran for the U.S. Congress in 1966 but lost the primary to incumbent congressman Barrett O'Hara. In 1968, Mikva defeated O'Hara.
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96th Congress · 58–31 · Sep 25, 1979
Education
- University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D., 1951
Career
U.S. Army, Air Corps, 1944-1945; Law clerk, Hon. Sherman Minton, Supreme Court of the United States, 1951-1952; Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1952-1968, 1973-1974; State representative, Illinois, 1956-1966; U.S. representative from Illinois, 1969-1973, 1975-1979; Professor, Northwestern University School of Law, 1973-1975; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1991-1994; White House counsel, 1994-1995; Visiting professor, University of Chicago, 1996-
Biography
Abner Joseph Mikva ( AB-nər MIK-və; January 21, 1926 – July 4, 2016) was an American politician, federal judge, and legal scholar. He was a member of the Democratic Party. After serving in the Illinois House of Representatives, Mikva ran for the U.S. Congress in 1966 but lost the primary to incumbent congressman Barrett O'Hara. In 1968, Mikva defeated O'Hara.
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