Emanuel Celler
| Emanuel Celler | |
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| 39th Dean of the United States House of Representatives | |
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In office January 1965 – January 1973 |
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| Preceded by | Carl Vinson |
| Succeeded by | Wright Patman |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York |
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In office March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1973 |
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| Preceded by | Lester D. Volk |
| Succeeded by | Mario Biaggi |
| Constituency |
10th district (1923–45) 15th district (1945–53) 11th district (1953–63) 10th district (1963–73) |
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| Born |
May 6, 1888 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | January 15, 1981 (aged 92) Brooklyn, New York |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
Columbia College, Columbia University Columbia University Law School |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Emanuel Celler (May 6, 1888 – January 15, 1981) was an American politician from New York who served in the United States House of Representatives for almost 50 years, from March 1923 to January 1973. He was defeated in the 1972 primary, becoming the most senior Representative ever at that time to lose a primary. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of New York.
Celler was born in Brooklyn, the son of Josephine (née Müller) and Henry H. Celler. All of his grandparents immigrated from Germany; his paternal grandparents and maternal grandmother were Jewish (his maternal grandfather was Catholic). A graduate of Boys High School, Columbia College, Columbia University and Columbia Law School, he was the first Democrat to ever serve his district and is the fifth longest-serving congressman in history (only John Dingell, Jamie Whitten, John Conyers and Carl Vinson served longer) and the longest-serving member of either house of Congress in New York's history. A practicing lawyer before entering politics, he was particularly involved in issues relating to the judiciary and immigration.
During his first twenty-two years in Congress, 1923–1945, Celler's Brooklyn and Queens-based district was numbered as New York's 10th congressional district. Redistricting in 1944 put him into the 15th district from 1945 to 1953; from 1953 to 1963 his district was the 11th and for his final decade in the United States Congress, 1963–1973, it was back to its 1922 designation as the 10th. For his final campaign in 1972, the district had been renumbered as the 16th.
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