biography
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Javits, Jacob K(oppel)
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| lived:
| (1904–86)
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| biography:
| US senator, born in New York City, New York, USA. A liberal Republican, he served a district of New York City in the US House of Representatives (1947–54), as New York state's attorney general (1954–7), and in the US Senate (1957–81). Although initially a supporter of the Vietnam War, he introduced the legislation that became the War Powers Act, restricting the president's power to commit troops abroad. |
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