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Jack French Kemp

Official portrait of then-Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp.
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Official portrait of then-Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Office of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
Jack French KempUnited States Representative (R-New York) (1971-1989), United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1989-1993)

KEMP, Jack French, a Representative from New York; born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., July 13, 1935; B.A., Occidental College, Los Angeles, Calif., 1957; United States Army Reserve, 1958-1962 (active duty, 1958); professional football player, 1957-1970; special assistant to the Governor of California, 1967; staff, Republican National Committee, 1969; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-second and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1971-January 3, 1989); was not a candidate for renomination to the One Hundred First Congress in 1988; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 1988; United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1989-1993; unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the United States in 1996; died on May 2, 2009, in Bethesda, Md.

9 US Congresses Served

92nd – 100th(1971 – 1989)

House Years of Service

1971 – 1989

State / Territory

New York

Position

Representative

Party

Republican

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