Jack Park | |
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Senate Majority Leader | |
Assumed office June 3, 1965 | |
Preceded by | Robert Kennedy |
Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee | |
Assumed office January 20, 1961 | |
Leader | Himself |
Preceded by | Paul Litchfield |
Chair of the Senate Armed Forces Committee | |
Assumed office June 5, 1966 | |
Leader | Himself |
President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate | |
In office January 20, 1961 – August 6, 1965 | |
Preceded by | Paul Lichfield |
Succeeded by | Lars Niedermeyer |
Senate Minority Whip | |
In office January 3, 1957 – January 20, 1961 | |
Preceded by | Kai Kahale |
Succeeded by | Robert Kennedy |
United States Senator from California | |
Assumed office January 22, 1956 | |
Preceded by | Kai Kahale |
United States Ambassador to Japan | |
In office July 22, 1955 – January 2, 1956 | |
President | Ulysses Grant III Earl Browder |
United States Ambassador to Shanxi | |
In office April 3, 1954 – July 22, 1955 | |
President | Ulysses Grant III |
Mayor of Los Angeles | |
In office January 20, 1953 – March 24, 1954 | |
Member of the Los Angeles City Council from the 12th district | |
In office January 20, 1951 – January 20, 1953 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Jackson Woosung Park April 21, 1920 (age 49) Sacramento, California, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic Labor |
Spouse |
Emily Herseth (m. 1939) |
Children | 3 |
Residence(s) | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Education | Stanford University (BS, JD) |
Occupation |
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Website | Senate website |
Jackson Woosung Park (b. April 21, 1920) is an American Democratic-Labor Party politician who represented California in the United States Senate since 1956. As the leader of the Senate Democratic-Labor Caucus since 1965.