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Emanuel Celler (May 6 1888 January 15 1981) was a Jewish congressman in the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1923 until 1973. He was a graduate of Columbia Law School. He was one of the longest-serving congressmen in history. He was a Democrat. He was a lawyer before entering politics. He was born and died in Brooklyn, New York. In Congress he was particularly involved in issues relating to the judiciary.
Celler was chairman of the House Judiciary Committee when, in 1972, he unexpectedly lost the Democratic primary to Elizabeth Holtzman, who went on to win the election and serve as a Representative until 1981. Holtzman eked out a victory over the veteran Celler based chiefly on his bottling up the Equal Rights Amendment in committee for 20 years.
He also proposed the Twenty-Fifth Amendment in the House in January, 1965.
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