Abner J. Mikva

A Representative from Illinois. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. , January 21, 1926. Attended public schools in Milwaukee. J. D. , University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Ill. , 1951. Admitted to the Illinois state bar in 1951. Lawyer, private practice. United States Army Air Corps, 1944-1945. Law clerk to United States Supreme Court Justice Sherman Minton, 1951-1952. Member of the Illinois state legislature, 1956-1966. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-first and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 1969-January 3, 1973). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-third Congress in 1972. Member of the Illinois State Board of Ethics, 1973. Practiced law in Chicago, 1973-1974. Professor, Northwestern University School of Law, 1973-1975. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the two succeeding Congresses, served until his resignation on September 26, 1979 (January 3, 1975-September 26, 1979). Judge in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit, 1979-1991, chief judge, January 19, 1991-October 1, 1994. Counsel to President William J. Clinton, 1994-1995. Died on July 4, 2016, in Chicago, Ill. Interment at Zion Gardens, Chicago, Ill.