J. James Exon
U.S. Congressperson
1921 – 2005
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Who was J. James Exon?
John James "Jim" Exon was an American Democratic politician. He served as the 33rd Governor of Nebraska from 1971 to 1979, and as a U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 1979 to 1997. Exon was a Nebraska Democrat who never lost an election, and the only Democrat to hold Nebraska's Class 2 U.S. Senate seat. He was elected and re-elected governor in 1970 and 1974, elected to the Senate in 1978, and re-elected in 1984 and 1990. He is the only Nebraskan besides George Norris, the architect of Nebraska's unicameral legislature, to win five consecutive statewide elections.
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- Born
- Aug 9, 1921
Geddes - Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Lived in
- Nebraska
- South Dakota
- Died
- Jun 10, 2005
Lincoln
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on July 23, 2013
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