Benjamin L. Rosenbloom
Benjamin Rosenbloom | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1925 | |
| Preceded by | Matthew M. Neely |
| Succeeded by | Carl G. Bachmann |
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| Born | June 3, 1880 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S |
| Political party | Republican |
Benjamin Louis Rosenbloom (June 3, 1880 – March 22, 1965) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a Jewish member of the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia from 1921 to 1925.[1]
Biography
Born in
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
in 1905.
Political career
He was elected and served as a
West Virginia State Senate
member from 1914 to 1918.
Rosenbloom was elected from
United States Senator
in 1924.
Later career
He resumed the practice of his profession in Wheeling, published a weekly newspaper from 1933 to 1935, was a
vice mayor
of Wheeling, West Virginia, from 1935 to 1939, and retired from law practice in 1951.
Death
He died in
Cleveland, Ohio
on March 22, 1965.
See also
- List of Jewish members of the United States Congress
- List of United States representatives from West Virginia
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- ^ United States Congress. "Benjamin L. Rosenbloom (id: R000441)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "United States Census, 1910", FamilySearch, retrieved March 13, 2018
- ^ Lawrence Kestenbaum. "The Political Graveyard". Retrieved 2008-08-16.
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