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Arlen Specter
Wichita, United States
Archival Overview
Fiercely independent Pennsylvania statesman who served thirty years in the U.S. Senate, authored the single-bullet theory for the Warren Commission, and chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Biographical Record
Arlen Specter was born to Russian Jewish immigrant parents in Kansas and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and Yale Law School. In 1964, as assistant counsel to the Warren Commission investigating the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Specter formulated the famous 'single-bullet theory'.
Serving as District Attorney of Philadelphia before his election to the U.S. Senate in 1980, Specter became the longest-serving senator in Pennsylvania history. As Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a moderate centrist, he played a deciding role in confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominees and secured billions in federal funding for cancer research.
Key Life Milestones
Author of the Single-Bullet Theory
Formulated the key forensic theory explaining the trajectory of the bullet that struck JFK and Governor John Connally.
Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee
Presided over the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito.
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Perpetual MemorialHuntingdon Valley, United States