death_date successor birth_place title nationality party birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
7 october 1969 bill brown sydney , new south wales senator for victoria australian australian labor party 26 october 1918 1 july 1962 sam cohen -lrb- australian politician -rrb-
 7 october 1969 sam cohen barrister university of melbourne
sam cohen -lrb- australian politician -rrb-

samuel herbert `` sam '' cohen -lrb- 26 october 1918 -- 7 october 1969 -rrb- was an australian politician , and was the first jewish person to ever be elected to the australian senate .
he was born in sydney , he was educated at wesley college , melbourne and then the university of melbourne .
he was active in left-wing student politics , and as president of the melbourne university students ' representative council was a founding member of the executive committee of the national union of australian university students .
he served in the military from 1942 to 1943 and became a barrister in 1946 .
in 1961 , he was elected to the australian senate as a labor senator for victoria .
he held the seat until his death in 1969 ; bill brown was appointed to replace him .
