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Arlen Specter

American lawyer and politician
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Born:
February 12, 1930, Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Died:
October 14, 2012, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (aged 82)
Title / Office:
United States Senate (1981-2011), United States
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Arlen Specter (born February 12, 1930, Wichita, Kansas, U.S.—died October 14, 2012, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American lawyer and politician who was a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania (1981–2011). Originally a Democrat, he became a Republican in the 1960s before switching back to the Democratic Party in 2009. Specter, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, was raised in Russell, Kansas. In 1951 he received a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania. Specter attained the rank of second lieutenant while serving (1951–53) with the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations during the Korean War. He later attended ...(100 of 449 words)

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