Abe Ribicoff
| Abraham Ribicoff | |
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United States Senator from Connecticut |
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In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1981 |
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| Preceded by | Prescott Bush |
| Succeeded by | Christopher Dodd |
| 4th United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare | |
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In office January 21, 1961 – July 13, 1962 |
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| President | John F. Kennedy |
| Preceded by | Arthur Flemming |
| Succeeded by | Anthony J. Celebrezze |
| 80th Governor of Connecticut | |
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In office January 5, 1955 – January 21, 1961 |
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Charles W. Jewett John Dempsey |
| Preceded by | John Davis Lodge |
| Succeeded by | John Dempsey |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 1st district |
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In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 |
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| Preceded by | William J. Miller |
| Succeeded by | Thomas J. Dodd |
| Member of the Connecticut state legislature | |
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In office 1938–1942 |
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Abraham Alexander Ribicoff April 9, 1910 New Britain, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | February 22, 1998 (aged 87) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Ruth Ribicoff (desc.) Lois Ribicoff |
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (April 9, 1910 – February 22, 1998) was an American Democratic Party politician. He served in the United States Congress, as the 80th Governor of Connecticut and as President John F. Kennedy's Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. He was Connecticut's first and to date only Jewish governor.
Born in New Britain, Connecticut to Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants from Poland, Abraham A. Ribicoff, a factory worker, and Rose Sable Ribicoff, he attended local public schools. His relatively poor parents valued education and insisted that all his earnings from part-time boyhood jobs go toward his future schooling. After high school, he worked for a year at a nearby factory of the G. E. Prentice Company in order to earn additional funds for college. He enrolled at New York University in 1928, then transferred to the University of Chicago after the Prentice Company made him the Chicago office manager. While in Chicago, Ribicoff coped with school and work schedules and was permitted to enter the university's law school before finishing his undergraduate degree. Still a student, he married Ruth Siegel on 28 June 1931; they would have two children. Ribicoff served as editor of the University of Chicago Law Review in his third year and received a J.D. cum laude in 1933, being admitted to the Connecticut bar the same year. After practicing law in the office of a Hartford lawyer, he set up his own practice, first in Kensington and later in Hartford.
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