Biography:
(1900–75) (R-N.Y.), lawyer; U.S. representative (1947–59); U.S. senator (1959–65); judge, New York State Court of Appeals (1965–69); ambassador to India (1969–72); ambassador to Israel (1973–75). He was a supporter of social welfare and civil rights measures who also had strong anticommunist credentials. While in the House, he introduced antilynching legislation and helped draft what became the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Birth:
1900
Death:
1975
Gender:
Male