# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abner-mikva
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:13:47.787Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abner-mikva"
name: "Abner Mikva"
slug: "abner-mikva"
description: "Abner Joseph Mikva was an American politician, federal judge, and legal scholar. He was a member of the Democratic Party. After serving in the Illinois House of Representatives, Mikva ran for the U.S. Congress in 1966 but lost the primary to incumbent congressman Barrett O'Hara. In 1968, Mikva defeated O'Hara. Mikva served in the United States House of Representatives representing Illinois's 2nd congressional district (1969–1973) and 10th congressional district (1975–1979). He was appointed as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by President Jimmy Carter, serving from 1979 to 1994. He served as the White House Counsel from 1994 to 1995 during Bill Clinton's presidency. He was one of the few people in modern times to serve in the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the Federal government."
tagline: "American politician, jurist and law professor (1926–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abner_Mikva.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1926-01-21"
deathDate: "2016-07-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.74
  momentum:             5.375000000000001
  historical:           6.168577333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abner_J._Mikva"
    title: "Abner J. Mikva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%DA%A4%D8%A7"
    title: "ابنير ميكڤا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B1_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "آبنر میکوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abner_J._Mikva"
    title: "Abner J. Mikva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abner_Mikva"
    title: "Abner Mikva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abner_Mikva"
    title: "Abner Mikva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abner_Mikva"
    title: "Abner Mikva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4320649"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump