Philip Hart

Philip Hart

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 in 1976. He was known as the "Conscience of the Senate."

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