Samuel Celler

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Politician
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:National_Lawyers_Guild
gptkb:American_Jewish_Congress
gptkb:American_Bar_Association
gptkb:New_York_State_Bar_Association
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:New_York_Law_School
gptkbp:awards gptkb:American_Civil_Liberties_Union_Award
gptkb:Ellis_Island_Medal_of_Honor
Honorary_Doctorate_from_New_York_Law_School
gptkbp:birthDate 1882-01-06
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:committee gptkb:New_York's_10th_congressional_district
gptkbp:deathDate 1978-03-15
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Samuel Celler
gptkbp:image Samuel_Celler.jpg
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Edolphus_Towns
gptkb:Hakeem_Jeffries
gptkb:Jerrold_Nadler
gptkb:Charles_Rangel
Nydia Velázquez
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:knownFor Advocacy for civil rights
Immigration reform
Long_tenure_in_the_U.S._House_of_Representatives
Judiciary_Committee_Chairman
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Celler-Kefauver_Act
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
gptkbp:occupation Lawyer
U.S._Representative
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:James_M._Mead
gptkbp:religion Judaism
gptkbp:signature Samuel_Celler_signature.png
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Miriam_Celler
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Edolphus_Towns
gptkbp:termEnd 1973-01-03
gptkbp:termStart 1945-01-03