Acting
Arlen Specter
- Born
- Feb 12, 1930 · Aged 82
- Died
- Oct 14, 2012
- Place of birth
- Wichita, Kansas, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 7
- TV credits
- 9
Biography
Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the Democratic Party. First elected in 1980, he was the longest-serving senator from Pennsylvania, having represented the state for 30 years. Specter was born in Wichita, Kansas, to immigrant Russian/Ukrainian Jewish parents. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and served with the United States Air…
