Philip Hart
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Philip Aloysius Hart was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1959 until his death from cancer in 1976. He was known as the "Conscienc
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Hart in the Georgetown University yearbook, 1934
Hart (second from right) with Governor of Michigan John Swainson and President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office in June 1961
Hart-Celler Act
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The Hart–Celler Act, or Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, was a federal law passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The law abolished the N
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…does not authorize the recall of elected federal officials, and Hart was strongly re-elected by supporters. Hart was the chief Senate sponsor of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, also known as the Hart–Celler Act, which ended the quotas that restricted immigration from most of the world since 1924. Hart died in office. He had…
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the bill into law as Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy and others look on.
Quota immigrants to the U.S. from the Eastern Hemisphere, by country, for fiscal years ended June 30, 1964–1966
Quota immigrants to the U.S. from the Eastern Hemisphere, by country, for fiscal years ended June 30, 1968–1970
Lyndon B. Johnson photo portrait Black'n white