Arthur J. Goldberg
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| 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations | |
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In office July 28, 1965 – June 24, 1968 |
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| President | Lyndon Johnson |
| Preceded by | Adlai Stevenson (II) |
| Succeeded by | George Ball |
| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
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In office September 28, 1962 – July 26, 1965 |
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| Nominated by | John F. Kennedy |
| Preceded by | Felix Frankfurter |
| Succeeded by | Abe Fortas |
| 9th United States Secretary of Labor | |
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In office January 21, 1961 – September 20, 1962 |
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| President | John F. Kennedy |
| Preceded by | James Mitchell |
| Succeeded by | Willard Wirtz |
| Personal details | |
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Arthur Joseph Goldberg August 8, 1908 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | January 19, 1990 (aged 81) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothy Kurgans |
| Children | 2 |
| Education |
Crane College DePaul University Northwestern University (LLB) |
Arthur Joseph Goldberg (August 8, 1908 – January 19, 1990) was an American statesman and jurist who served as the U.S. Secretary of Labor, Supreme Court Justice and Ambassador to the United Nations.
Goldberg's interest in the law was sparked by the noted murder trial in 1923 of Leopold and Loeb, two wealthy young Chicagoans who were spared the death penalty with the help of their high-powered defense attorney, Clarence Darrow. Goldberg later pointed to the case as inspiration for his opposition to the death penalty on the bench, since he had seen how inequality of social status could lead to unfair application of the death penalty.
In 1931, Goldberg married Dorothy Kargans. They had one daughter, Barbara Goldberg Cramer, and one son, Robert M. Goldberg (an attorney in Anchorage, Alaska). He was the uncle of Barry Goldberg.
During World War II, Goldberg served in an espionage group operated by the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the CIA. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency stated, "Goldberg's file notes that as both a civilian and a member of the Army, he supervised a section in the Secret Intelligence Branch of OSS to maintain contact with labor groups and organizations regarded as potential resistance elements in enemy-occupied and enemy countries. He organized anti-Nazi European transportation workers into an extensive intelligence network."
Goldberg became a prominent labor lawyer, representing striking Chicago newspaper workers on behalf of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1938. He served in the Office of Strategic Services as chief of the Labor Desk, an autonomous division of the American intelligence agency that was charged with the task of cultivating contacts and networks within the European underground labor movement during World War II. Appointed general counsel to the CIO in 1948, Goldberg served as a negotiator and chief legal adviser in the merger of the American Federation of Labor and CIO in 1955. Goldberg also served as general counsel of the United Steelworkers of America.
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