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Abner Joseph Mikva Palm Card

Abner Joseph Mikva Palm Card/tiles/collection/1/18641.xml
Abner Joseph Mikva Palm Card/tiles/collection/1/18643.xml
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Date

ca.1975

Dimensions

5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (14 × 8.9 cm)

Accession Number

2007.183.037

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Jim Oliver Collection

Object Details

Abner Mikva, whose political career was described by the Chicago Tribune as “one long and continuous battle, usually for political survival,” represented suburban Chicago for five terms. Criticized as too independent for Chicago Democrats and too liberal for some Republicans in his affluent district, this palm card was sent in support of one of his four re-election campaigns. He left Congress during his fifth term to become President Carter’s nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

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