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Abner Mikva (Abner Joseph Mikva) was born on 21 January, 1926 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., is an American politician and judge (1926–2016). Discover Abner Mikva's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?

Popular As Abner Joseph Mikva
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Age 90 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 21 January 1926
Birthday 21 January
Birthplace Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Date of death 4 July, 2016
Died Place Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1926

Abner Joseph Mikva (January 21, 1926 – July 4, 2016) was an American politician, federal judge, and legal scholar.

He was a member of the Democratic Party.

1948

Both graduated in 1948 and soon married.

The couple moved to Chicago, Illinois, where Zoe had urged Mikva to enroll at the University of Chicago Law School.

One of the stories that is told about my start in politics is that on the way home from law school one night in 1948, I stopped by the ward headquarters in the ward where I lived.

There was a street-front, and the name Timothy O'Sullivan, Ward Committeeman, was painted on the front window.

I walked in and I said, "I'd like to volunteer to work for [Adlai] Stevenson and [Paul] Douglas."

This quintessential Chicago ward committeeman took the cigar out of his mouth and glared at me and said, "Who sent you?"

I said, "Nobody sent me."

He put the cigar back in his mouth and he said, "We don't want nobody that nobody sent."

This was the beginning of my political career in Chicago.

1951

He graduated in 1951 with a Juris Doctor, having served as editor-in-chief of the University of Chicago Law Review.

1953

The couple eventually had three daughters: Mary Lane (b. 1953), an Illinois Appellate Court judge in Chicago; Laurie, who teaches at Northwestern University and is on the board of directors of the Legal Services Corporation; and Rachel, a rabbi and professor who teaches at the Chicago Theological Seminary.

After graduation, Mikva clerked for Supreme Court Justice Sherman Minton.

He also returned to Chicago and began practicing law, at a firm which became Goldberg, Devoe, Shadur & Mikva after he made partner.

The firm handles labor, real estate, commercial and civil rights cases, as well as some criminal defense.

Nonetheless, his early interest in Chicago clearly was politics:

1956

He spent ten years, 1956 to 1966, in the Illinois House of Representatives.

1966

After serving in the Illinois House of Representatives, Mikva ran for congress in 1966 but lost the primary to incumbent congressman Barrett O'Hara.

He was defeated for reelection in 1966, but "reinvented himself" as a community activist, winning election to the United States Congress in 1968.

In the Illinois House, Mikva was part of the "Kosher Nostra", a group of independent, clean Democrats that included future United States Senator and Presidential candidate Paul Simon, future Illinois Comptroller and candidate for Governor Dawn Clark Netsch, and Representative Anthony Scariano.

1968

In 1968, Mikva defeated O'Hara.

1969

Mikva served in the United States House of Representatives representing Illinois's 2nd congressional district (1969–1973) and 10th congressional district (1975–1979).

He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1969 to 1973 and 1975 to 1979.

He first represented Illinois's 2nd District, which included the South Side's lakefront wards including Hyde Park, his residence and the University of Chicago.

Both parties attempted to redistrict Mikva out of Congress.

1972

The redistricting for the 1972 elections put Hyde Park in the 1st District for the first time since 1903.

1979

He was appointed as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by President Jimmy Carter, serving from 1979 to 1994.

1990

This would have pitted Mikva against Democratic incumbent Ralph Metcalfe in a nearly 90% black district; moving to stay in the 2nd District would have matched him against Democratic incumbent Morgan F. Murphy, who had previously represented the 3rd District.

1994

He served as the White House Counsel from 1994 to 1995 during Bill Clinton's presidency.

He was one of the few people in modern times to serve in the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the Federal government.

In his later career, Mikva taught at the University of Chicago Law School, the Georgetown University Law Center and the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.

He mentored future President of the United States Barack Obama and future United States Attorney General Merrick Garland (who also succeeded him on the D.C. Circuit) during their early years in law.

2014

In 2014, Obama honored Mikva with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Mikva was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Ida (Fishman) and Henry Abraham Mikva, Jewish immigrants escaping from pogroms in Ukraine.

Mikva and his parents spoke Yiddish at home.

During the Great Depression, his father was often unemployed and the family relied on welfare.

Abner attended local public schools.

During World War II, he enlisted and was trained in the United States Army Air Corps, but the war ended the day before he was due to be deployed.

Afterward, the GI Bill enabled Mikva to attend the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee before transferring to Washington University in St. Louis, where he met his future wife, Zorita Rose (Zoe) Wise.