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): Arlo Parks • Barbara Mason • Beverlee McKinsey • D'Arcy Short • David A. Huffman • David Steinberg • Gene Luen Yang • Henry of Nassau-Siegen (1611–1652) • Jarvis Hayes • Jean Tirole • Johann Michael Bach • Matt Morris (baseball) • Patrick Tse • Philip Larkin • Posy Simmonds • Prince Augustus William of Prussia • Sam Elliott • Thomas Telford

Born in the same month (August 1921): Alex Haley • August Kowalczyk • Brian Moore (novelist) • Bryce Mackasey • Eric Simms (ornithologist) • Gene Roddenberry • Iris Apfel • Kenneth Arrow • Monty Hall • Pat McDonald (actress) • Sam Cook (cricketer, born 1921) • Shimshon Amitsur