KEMP, JACK FRENCH

1935–, American politician and government official, b. Los Angeles. He played football while at Occidental College (grad. 1957) and thereafter was a professional quarterback for 13 seasons (1957–69), primarily with the San Diego Chargers and the Buffalo Bills. While a player, he was a cofounder of the American Football League Players Association and its president from 1965 to 1970. Kemp was elected a U.S. representative from New York in 1970, serving in the House until 1989. A conservative Republican, he attained national prominence as a champion of supply-side economics and urban enterprise zones. He also cowrote the 1981 Kemp-Roth tax cut bill and ran unsuccessfully for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination. From 1989 to 1993 Kemp was secretary of housing and urban development under President George H. W. Bush. Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole chose Kemp as his running mate in 1996, but they lost to the incumbent Clinton-Gore Democratic ticket.

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books on: Kemp Jack French  - 35 results

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The Lasting of the Mohicans: History of an American Myth
Book by Martin Barker, Roger Sabin; University Press of Mississippi, 1995
Subjects: Canon (Literature), Cooper, James Fenimore--1789-1851--Appreciation--United States, Cooper, James Fenimore--1789-1851--Film And Video Adaptations, Cooper, James Fenimore--1789-1851--Last Of The Mohicans, Fiction, Historical Fiction, American--History And Criticism, Literature And Society--United States--History, Mohegan Indians In Literature, Myth In Literature, Popular Culture--United States--History, Social Values In Literature, United States--History--French And Indian War, 1755-1763--Literature And The War
...1967. Abridged Barnes Noble, New York, 1969. Abridged by Jack B. Moore Greenwood Press, New York, 1969. Studio Vista...Take Part Series, London, 1978. Adapted by Sheila Lane Marion Kemp Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1981. Limited edition with...
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Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants
Book by K. Jack Bauer, Stephen S. Roberts; Greenwood Press, 1991
Subjects: United States--Navy--History, United States--Navy--Lists Of Vessels, Warships--United States--History
...Treaty of 30 Sep 00. Notes: Formerly the French Le Berceau captured by Boston NE of Guadeloupe...Launched Commissd Disposition ONTARIO Thos. Kemp, 1813 1813 * 25 Oct 13 Sold 15 Jul 56 Baltimore, Md. ERIE Thos. Kemp, 1813 3 Nov 13 by 20 Mar Rebuilt 1821...
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A Dictionary of Political Biography
Book by Dennis Kavanagh; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Biography--20th Century--Dictionaries, Heads Of State--Biography--Dictionaries, Statesmen--Biography--Dictionaries
...outlawing of war lay with the French Foreign Minister. Although...at the Hague. Kemp, Jack French b. Los Angeles, 13...presidential candidate 1996 Jack Kemp was educated at...Senator Roth of Delaware, Kemp sponsored a 30 per cent...1981 Reagan budget. Kemps vigorous promotion of...
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Encyclopedia of the Reagan-Bush Years
Book by Peter B. Levy; Greenwood Press, 1996
Subjects: Bush, George--1924-, Presidents--United States--Encyclopedias, Reagan, Ronald, United States--Politics And Government--1981-1989--Encyclopedias, United States--Politics And Government--1989-1993--Encyclopedias
...United States. KEMP, JACK FRENCH . July 13, 1935, Los...1992. During the 1980s Jack Kemp was one of the most noteworthy...C. He cosponsored the Kemp-Roth tax bill Economic...Both proposals reflected Kemps faith in the free market...
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Rhetorical Studies of National Political Debates-- 1996
Book by Robert V. Friedenberg; Praeger, 1997
Subjects: Campaign Debates--United States--History--20th Century, Communication In Politics--United States--History--20th Century, Presidents--United States--Election--1996, Rhetoric--Political Aspects--United States--History--20th Century, United States--Politics And Government--1993-
...Paul Duggan, "Gore, Kemp Debate Could Preview Race...Babington and Duggan, "Gore, Kemp Debate Could Preview Race...12. Albert R. Hunt, "Jack Kemp, the Happy Warrior...A Passion for Ideas: Jack French Kemp," New York Times...
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journal articles on: Kemp Jack French  - 54 results

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Right-Wing Politics and the Anti-Immigration Cause
Journal article by Sara Diamond; Social Justice, Vol. 23, 1996
Subjects: Emigration and immigration--Political aspects
...America was founded by Jack Kemp, William Bennett...immigrants" (Bennett and Kemp, 1994). They argued...The nub of Bennett and Kemps statement was that the...by William Bennett and Jack Kemp, Empower America, Washington...Bennett, William and Jack Kemp 1994 "The Fortress...
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Russell Kirk and the Prospects for Conservatism
Journal article by W. Wesley Mcdonald; Humanitas, Vol. 12, 1999
Subjects: Conservatism--Philosophy, Kirk, Russell--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Newt Gingrich, William Bennett, and Jack Kemp were pursuing power and influence in Washington...within the conservative ranks. Instead, Kemp, Bennett, Ben Wattenberg, and others...politicians, William Bennett and Jack Kemp," observes Gottfried. 36 Acknowledging...
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The Virtues of Presidential Government: Why Professor Ackerman Is Wrong to Prefer the German to the U.S. Constitution
Journal article by Steven G. Calabresi; Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 18, 2001
Subjects: Ackerman, Bruce--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Constitutional law--Comparative method, Executive power--Comparative method
...Wilson). (6.) The French form of presidential government...cohabitation" as the French call it. (7.) Ackerman...note 2). (24.) The French Fifth Republic reintroduced...Ferraro, Dan Quayle, and Jack Kemp. (Dan Quayle, for whom...
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What Is Fundamentalism, and How Do We Get Rid of It?
Journal article by Mark Levine; Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol. 42, 2007
Subjects: Arab countries--Political aspects, Arab countries--Social aspects, Islamic fundamentalism--Analysis, Political philosophy--Analysis, Political science--Analysis, Political science--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
...neoconservative figures William Bennett and Jack Kemp in calling on the U.S. Congress...capitalism, neoliberalism, or even the French ideology of laicite--if worshipped...Salman Rushdie and Irshad Manji, and French intellectual Bernard Henry-Levy...
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"Multiculturalism" and the West
Journal article by Dwight D. Murphey; The Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies, Vol. 30, 2005
Subjects: Colonialism, Demographics, Globalization, Immigration, Liberalism, Multiculturalism & pluralism, Slavery
...motive-power for much that has occurred since before the French Revolution: the intense dislike ("alienation") that...statement written for neoconservatives William Bennett and Jack Kemp: "The American national identity is not based on ethnicity...
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magazine articles on: Kemp Jack French  - 42 results

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Remembering the Great Importance of Jack Kemp
Magazine article by Grover Norquist; Human Events, Vol. 65, May 11, 2009
Subjects: Economics, Income taxes, Investments, Keynesian theory, Presidential elections, Tax rates
...Great Importance of Jack Kemp by Grover Norquist Jack French Kemp changed the conservative...victory in the Cold War. Kemp was an American who...American success and copied Kemps low-tax policies...President in 80 was Jack Kemp, but Reagan decided...
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Minority Report
Magazine article by Christopher Hitchens; The Nation, Vol. 252, February 25, 1991
Subjects: Bush, George H.W.--Military policy, Kemp, Jack F.--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Persian Gulf War, 1991--International aspects, Persian Gulf War, 1991--Management, Presidents (Government)--Military policy, Presidents--Military policy
...Operation Desert Storm: Jack Kemp, the secretary of housing...Asked to deliver a prayer, Kemp read from the book instead...hour and this trial." Kemp, looking up at Bush...into Vietnam behind the French in April 1954, Eisenhower...
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The Taxonomist
Magazine article by Robert S. Mcintyre; The American Prospect, Vol. 12, June 4, 2001
Subjects: Armey, Richard K.--Management, Conservatism--Attitudes, International business enterprises--Taxation, Kemp, Jack F.--Management, Moore, Stephen--Management, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development--Reports, Religious Right (American politics)--Attitudes, Tax evasion--International aspects, Weyrich, Paul--Management
...luminaries are involved, including former Congressman Jack Kemp; House Majority Leader Dick Armey; Paul Weyrich of the...his bank there required to report his holdings to the French government," laments supply-sider Paul Craig Roberts...
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It's Time for a Spiritual Renaissance
Magazine article by Jack F. Kemp; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 123, May 1995
Subjects: Capitalism--Ethical aspects, Conservatism--Ethical aspects, Economic development--Ethical aspects, Political ethics--Analysis, Welfare reform--Ethical aspects
...for a Spiritual Renaissance. by Jack F. Kemp ALEKSANDR Solzhenitzyn argues that...enforce the savage "virtue" of the French Revolution or shape the socialist...and nations are changed. Mr. Kemp, former Secretary of Housing and...
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PAUL Routledge
Magazine article; New Statesman, Vol. 129, December 11, 2000
Subjects: Blair, Tony--Political activity, Brown, Gordon--Political activity, Labour Party (United Kingdom)--Political activity, Mandelson, Peter--Political activity, Straw, Jack--Political activity, United Kingdom--Politics and government
...Campaign groups around Gordon Brown, Jack Straw and Peter Mandelson are already taking...is said, came into Amandas eye. Fraser Kemp, new Labours all-purpose fixer and MP...hung round his neck by Madam Pinguin, the French environment minister. How does he support...
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newspaper articles on: Kemp Jack French  - 87 results

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'Kemp Apparently Slept through History Class'
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 14, 2002
Subjects: Kemp, Jack F.
Kemp apparently slept through history...them in a roundabout way. Jack Kemp fell into this routine...religion of peace" mantra. Mr. Kemp apparently slept through history...Portugal and Spain. In 732, the French saved themselves by winning...
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Kemp Eyes Currency for All of Americas: Envisions Hemispheric Parallel to Euro
Newspaper article by Ralph Z. Hallow; The Washington Times, October 27, 1997
Subjects: Kemp, Jack F.
...euro by Ralph Z. Hallow Jack Kemp wants a single currency...supposed to replace the French franc, Italian lira...dollar," he says. Mr. Kemp, long a student of monetary...Lawrence Kudlow, whom Mr. Kemp often cites, agrees...standard. Whether Mr. Kemps single-currency idea...Still, for Mr. Kemp, his common-currency...
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Kemp Is Dole's Vice-Presidential Pick: Debuts as No. 2 Today
Newspaper article by Laurie Kellman; The Washington Times, August 10, 1996
Kemp is Doles vice-presidential pick: Debuts...announce that former housing secretary Jack Kemp will be his vice-presidential running...based in part on wire service reports. JACK FRENCH KEMP OCCUPATION: Co-director, Empower America...
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Inside the Beltway
Newspaper article by John Mccaslin; The Washington Times, June 26, 1997
Subjects: Kemp, Jack F.
...professors? Perhaps Mr. Kemp did. The former GOP...quarter-century," Mr. Kemp warned. Mr. Neumanns...degree and tone of Mr. Kemps response. One GOP consultant...remarked yesterday: "Jack Kemp once again prevails as...graduate, `You want french fries with your hamburger...
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GOP's Partiers Electrify Eatery
Newspaper article by John Mccaslin; The Washington Times, August 12, 1996
Subjects: Dole, Bob, Kemp, Jack F., Republican Party
...poured as freely as the French champagne. "This is unbelievable...to get with Bob Dole and Jack Kemp." Oliver North was there...on his mind though. "Jack Kemp will be to the Dole...help, and hes found it in Jack Kemp. I couldnt be more...
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encyclopedia articles on: Kemp Jack French  - 1 result

 
 
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Kemp, Jack French
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KEMP, JACK FRENCH 1935 2009, American politician and government...Republican while still a football player, Kemp was elected a U.S. representative from...enterprise zones . He cowrote the 1981 Kemp-Roth tax cut bill and ran unsuccessfully...


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