Oil on canvas, Joseph Margulies, 1963, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives

• Democratic Congressman from Brooklyn, New York from 1923-1972
• supporter of Roosevelt New Deal policies
• advocate for establishment of the state of Israel
• chairman of the Judiciary Committee
• co-author of Indian Immigration and Naturalization Bill, H.R. 3517 which was passed on June 27, 1946
• key creator of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964

Reference Sources

 American National Biography

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Autobiography

You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler. New York: John Day Co., 1953.

Primary Sources

Papers: ca. 1924-1973. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.