Davidson, Roger H. "Campaigns and Elections: Two Cases: Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut." In On Capitol Hill: Studies in the Legislative Process, by John Bibby and Roger H. Davidson, pp. 30-52. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1967.
RIBICOFF, Abraham Alexander
1910–1998
Biography
RIBICOFF, Abraham Alexander, a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in New Britain, Hartford County, Conn., April 9, 1910; attended the public schools and New York University; graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 1933 and was admitted to the bar the same year; member, Connecticut legislature 1938-1942; judge of Hartford Police Court 1941-1943, 1945-1947; chairman, assembly of municipal court judges for the State of Connecticut 1941-1942; member of the Charter Revision Commission of the city of Hartford 1945-1946; hearing examiner, Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act 1937-1939; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1953); was not a candidate for renomination in 1952 and was unsuccessful for election to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate; Governor of Connecticut 1955-1961, when he was sworn in as Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in the Cabinet of President John F. Kennedy; elected to the United States Senate in 1962; reelected in 1968 and 1974 and served from January 3, 1963, to January 3, 1981; was not a candidate for reelection in 1980; chairman, Committee on Government Operations (Ninety-fourth and Ninety-fifth Congresses), Committee on Governmental Affairs (Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Congresses); practiced law in New York City and resided in Cornwall Bridge, Conn. Died in New York City on February 22, 1998; interment at Cornwall Cemetery, Cornwall, Conn.
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American Jewish Archives
Cincinnati, OH
Papers:
Correspondence in Abraham Jehiel Feldman papers, 1906-1977. Finding aid.
Broadcast Pioneers Library
University of Maryland Hornbake Library
College Park, MD
Papers:
18 audiotapes (1966-1975) in Westinghouse Broadcasting Company collection, 1945-1981.
Columbia University
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Oral History:
September 26, 1988-August 17, 1989. 465 pages. Also discussed in 3 interviews.
Columbia University
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New York, NY
Papers:
3 official letters (1974-1976) in the Bella S. Abzug collection; 3 letters on personal business (1957-1961) in the Overbrook Press collection; 1 letter on personal business (April 24, 1969) in the Random House collection; and 1 letter on personal business (January 18, 1962) in the Women's National Book Association records. Finding aid.
Connecticut State Library
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Papers:
1954-1970. 6 feet. Scrapbooks and newspaper clippings chiefly pertaining to his election and service as governor; and a photograph.
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In the state archives, gubernatorial papers, 1955-1961.
Gerald R. Ford Library
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Papers:
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John F. Kennedy Library
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Radcliffe College
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Papers:
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Papers:
21 microfilm reels of scrapbooks (1963-1979), originals at Library of Congress.
University of Michigan
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Papers:
Correspondence in Margaret Bayne Price papers, 1918-1969. Finding aid.
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Papers:
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Bibliography / Further Reading
___. "The Work Environment: Two Perspectives: A Day with Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut." In On Capitol Hill: Studies in the Legislative Process, by John F. Bibby and Roger H. Davidson, pp. 100-22.
Ribicoff, Abraham A. America Can Make It! New York: Atheneum, 1972.
___. "A Market-Sharing Approach to the World Nuclear Sales Problem." Foreign Affairs 54 (July 1976): 763-87.
Ribicoff, Abraham A. "Autobiographical Sketch." Connecticut Jewish History 1 (Summer 1990): 13-28.
Ribicoff, Abraham A., with Paul Danaceau. The American Medical Machine. New York: Saturday Review Press, 1972.
Ribicoff, Abraham A., and Jon O. Newman. Politics: The American Way. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1967.
Sokol, Jason. All Eyes Are Upon Us: Race and Politics from Boston to Brooklyn. New York: Basic Books, 2014.
U.S. Congress. Senate. Tributes to the Honorable Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut in the United States Senate, Upon the Occasion of His Retirement from the Senate. 96th Cong., 2d sess., 1980. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1980.