Emanuel Celler

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Emanuel Celler was a long-serving U.S. Congressman from New York and influential chair of the House Judiciary Committee, known for championing major civil rights and immigration reform legislation in the mid-20th century.

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Emanuel Celler canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician ⓘ
Democratic Party politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
almaMater Columbia Law School ⓘ
Columbia University ⓘ
burialPlace Mount Neboh Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1888-05-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1981-01-15 ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia Law School ⓘ
Columbia University ⓘ
endTimeAsJudiciaryChair 1973 ⓘ
endTimeOfServiceInHouse 1973 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
familyName Celler ⓘ
fieldOfWork civil rights law ⓘ
immigration law ⓘ
givenName Emanuel ⓘ
linked to: Emmanuel
heritage German-Jewish descent ⓘ
knownFor championing civil rights legislation ⓘ
leading immigration reform in the United States ⓘ
opposition to national-origins quota system in U.S. immigration law ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
name Emanuel Celler ⓘ
notableFor longest continuously serving member of the U.S. House of Representatives at the time of his retirement ⓘ
notableWork Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 ⓘ
Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Chair of the United States House Committee on the Judiciary ⓘ
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York ⓘ
United States representative ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Representative
religion Judaism ⓘ
representedDistrict New York's 10th congressional district ⓘ
New York's 11th congressional district ⓘ
residence Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Stella Baar Celler ⓘ
startTimeAsJudiciaryChair 1949 ⓘ
startTimeOfServiceInHouse 1923 ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Public Law 88-352 → sponsorInHouse → Emanuel Celler ⓘ
Celler-Kefauver Act → sponsor → Emanuel Celler ⓘ
Celler-Kefauver Act → namedAfter → Emanuel Celler ⓘ
Emanuel Celler → name → Emanuel Celler ⓘ