J. James Exon
John James Exon was an American businessman and politician who served as the 33rd Governor of Nebraska from 1971 to 1979, and as a U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 1979 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Exon never lost an election, and was the only Democrat ever to hold Nebraska's Class 2 U.S. Senate seat. He was elected governor in 1970, re-elected in 1974, elected to the Senate in 1978, and re-elected to that seat in 1984 and 1990. He is the only Nebraskan other than George W. Norris, the architect of Nebraska's unicameral legislature, to win five consecutive statewide elections.
9 August 1921
Born on the same birth date (9 August 1921): Ernest Angley
Born on the same birth day (9 August): Alfred David Benjamin • Alice Barlow • Amanda Bearse • Butch Warren • Daniel Preussner • Jacques Parizeau • Jarvis Hayes • Jean Tirole • Joop den Uyl • Juanes • Lesley McKenna • Sam Fogarino
Born in the same month (August 1921): Alex Haley • August Kowalczyk • Ernest Angley • Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg • John Herbert Chapman • Lidia Gueiler • Terry Becker • Tony Pawson (cricketer) • Webb Pierce • William Asher