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My thinking is Lincolnian rather than Jeffersonian, Teddy Rooseveltian rather than Franklin D. Rooseveltian.

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Jacob K. Javits
Age: 81 †
Born: 1904
Born: May 18
Died: 1986
Died: March 7
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Lawyer
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New York City
New York
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