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Philip Hart

Philip Hart
United States Senator
from Michigan
In office
January 3, 1959 – December 26, 1976
Preceded byCharles E. Potter
Succeeded byDonald Riegle
51st Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
In office
January 1, 1955 – January 1, 1959
GovernorG. Mennen Williams
Preceded byClarence A. Reid
Succeeded byJohn Swainson
Personal details
Born
Philip Aloysius Hart

(1912-12-10)December 10, 1912
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedDecember 26, 1976(1976-12-26) (aged 64)
Washington D.C., U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
(m. 1943)
Children9
Alma materGeorgetown University
University of Michigan Law School
ProfessionAttorney
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1941–1946
Rank Lieutenant colonel
Unit4th Infantry Division
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsPurple Heart

Philip Aloysius Hart (December 10, 1912 – December 26, 1976) 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 Washington, D.C. in 1976. He was known as the "Conscience of the Senate".[1] The Hart Senate Office Building is named in his honor.[2]

  1. ^ "Senator Philip A. Hart Dies at 64; Was Called 'Conscience of Senate'". The New York Times. December 27, 1976.
  2. ^ "U.S. Senate: Hart Senate Office Building". www.senate.gov. Retrieved July 30, 2022.

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