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23 unusual facts about Jack Kemp


9-9-9 An Army of Davids

Ralph Benko wrote in Forbes that Jack Kemp's "mantle has fallen, at least provisionally, upon Herman Cain’s shoulders.

Andrea Apuzzo

During the course of his culinary work experience, Apuzzo has prepared culinary dishes for such notables as Queen Elizabeth, Princess Anne, President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter, Senator Ted Kennedy, Clint Eastwood, Omar Sharif, Sophia Loren, Senator Jack Kemp, Lee Meriwether and Tommy Lasorda.

Andrew M. Murstein

In 2008 Murstein with former baseball star Hank Aaron and former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, both Medallion Financial board members, and former football star and Congressman Jack Kemp, now deceased, formed a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) which raised $230-million to buy a professional sports team.

Bennett Johnston, Jr.

The HUD Secretary at the time, Jack Kemp, also endorsed Johnston.

Brad Butler

During the 2008 offseason Butler worked for Kemp Partners, a government relations firm formerly headed by Buffalo Bill quarterback and United States Vice-Presidential candidate Jack Kemp.

Captan Jack Wyly

Similarly, consideration of an enterprise zone, an idea championed by the late Jack Kemp, seems grandiose and unlikely to yield results for Lake Providence.

Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.

Following his decision not to run for President that year, he was later mentioned as a possible vice presidential running mate for Bob Dole, but was ultimately passed over in favor of Jack Kemp.

Dan Darragh

He shared the starting job with Ed Rutkowski, Kay Stephenson and Tom Flores in 1968 while long-time starter and former AFL MVP Jack Kemp was out with an injury.

David L. Thomas

He served as Greenville Chairman of the 1980 Ronald Reagan for President Campaign as well as State Co-Chair (along with SC State Representative Terry Haskins) of the 1988 Jack Kemp for President Campaign.

Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981

The Act's Republican sponsors, Representative Jack Kemp of New York and Senator William V. Roth, Jr., of Delaware, had hoped for more significant tax cuts, but settled on this bill after a great debate in Congress.

Ed Rollins

However, by early 1987, he had decided to manage the campaign of former New York Congressman Jack Kemp, convinced that Bush was not the true conservative heir to Reagan.

Ed Rutkowski

He was the second quarterback from the Bills to enter politics; the first was his teammate Jack Kemp.

James C. Roberts

In February 1981, Roberts was appointed director of the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships, a position which he held until June 1984 at which time he was named director of the Campaign for Prosperity Political Action Committee, headed by Congressman Jack Kemp.

Jeff Kemp

Kemp is the son of late former NFL quarterback and American politician Jack Kemp and brother of former Canadian Football League quarterback Jimmy Kemp.

Jerusalem Christian Review

Leaders such as Jack Kemp, Jeane Kirkpatrick and numerous U.S. Senators, as well as former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke all prayed for the "Peace of Jerusalem".

Jimmy Kemp

He is the brother of former NFL quarterback Jeff Kemp and the son of the late American Football League Most Valuable Player and U.S. Congressman Jack Kemp.

Michael Patrick Carroll

In 1978, he interned in the offices of Congressman Jack Kemp.

Mona Charen

Charen served as Jack Kemp's speechwriter during his unsuccessful 1988 presidential bid.

Pat Choate

Bob Dole/Jack Kemp (Republican) - 39,198,755 (40.7%) and 159 electoral votes (19 states carried)

Peter Monroe

Peter Monroe earlier had served with United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp as the Chief Operating Officer at the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).

Randal Teague

From 1973-1979 he served as chief of staff and legislative counsel to then U.S. Representative Jack Kemp of New York.

Randal Cornell Teague is the former chief of staff and legislative counsel to U.S. Representative Jack K. Kemp (R-NY) and chairman of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Robert Kagan

In 1983, Robert Kagan was foreign policy advisor to New York Representative Jack Kemp.


California Review

Milton Friedman, George Will, Jack Kemp, Arthur Laffer, Alexander Haig, Jack Wheeler, Pete Wilson, and George Gilder all agreed to give the California Review exclusive interviews.

Charles Branham-Bailey

Branham-Bailey was an occasional free-lance stringer during the presidential campaigns of Jesse Jackson and Michael Dukakis in 1988, Jerry Brown and Bill Clinton in 1992, Bob Dole and running mate Jack Kemp in 1996, and Al Gore and George W. Bush in 2000, covering their campaigns in Virginia and Florida.

Kenilworth, Washington, D.C.

Kenilworth gained national attention in 1988 when its government-built housing development, Kenilworth Courts (along with a small sister development called Parkside, located about a mile southwest of Kenilworth), became the first public housing project to be sold to its residents in an initiative championed by Mayor Marion Barry, President Ronald Reagan, and U.S. Representative Jack Kemp.

Mahaffey Theater

The theater was the site of the 1996 vice presidential debate between Al Gore and Jack Kemp.

United States vice-presidential debate, 1996

The 1996 vice presidential debate, part of the 1996 presidential election, featured then vice-president Al Gore, a Democrat and Republican opposition, Jack Kemp.