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Name: Salvatore Celeste
Date of Birth: October 20, 1928
Date of Death: June 1, 1968 (age 39)
Political Party: Republican
List of Offices Held:
U.S. Attorney General of the United States (January 20, 1961 - September 3, 1964)
Senator from New York (January 3, 1965 - June 1, 1968)
Extra notes:
- President Vincent Celeste’s younger brother, nominated to the role of Attorney General by his brother after his successful election
- Elected Senator of New York in 1964 over incumbent Frank Hogan (D-NY)
- Considered one of the front runners of the 1968 U.S. presidential election despite multiple rumors/allegations of his ties to Italian-American mafia, which have only become mainstream knowledge in more recent years
- Assassinated in Chicago, Illinois after a campaign fundraising event on June 1, 1968 by nightclub owner Jack Ruby, who was speculated to be a Chicago mobster himself. The motivation for the shooting is currently unknown, though multiple conspiracy theories have been created, such as an ongoing rivalry between rival mafias
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