J. James Exon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

J. James Exon

American politician

Date of Birth: 09-Aug-1921

Place of Birth: Geddes, South Dakota, United States

Date of Death: 10-Jun-2005

Profession: politician, chief executive officer, Branch manager

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

John James "Jim" Exon (August 9, 1921 – June 10, 2005) was an American Democratic politician.
He served as the 33rd Governor of Nebraska from 1971 to 1979, and as a U.S.
Senator from Nebraska from 1979 to 1997.
Exon was a Nebraska Democrat who never lost an election, and the only Democrat 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 besides George W.
Norris, the architect of Nebraska's unicameral legislature, to win five consecutive statewide elections.