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Joseph A. Whitehorn
Joseph A. Whitehorn (1879 – January 23, 1926) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was born in 1879 in Romania. After the death of his mother, when he was about ten years old he emigrated together with his three years older brother to the United States. They lived in New York City where Joseph became a paperboy, and some years later a clerk in a clothing factory. While working during the day, he attended the evening course at New York University School of Law, graduated in 1904, was admitted to the bar, and began the practice of law in Manhattan. The next year he moved to Brooklyn. Whitehorn was a member of the Socialist Party of America. In November 1916, he was elected to the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 21st D.), defeating the incumbent Democrat Isaac Mendelsohn. Whitehorn was a member of the 140th New York State Legislature in 1917. Mendelsohn contested Whitehorn's election, but the Assembly decided in favor of Whitehorn. In November 1917, af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph A Whitehorn
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled ''Yūsuf''. In Persian, the name is "Yousef". The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common male name in the 20th century. In the first century CE, Joseph was the second most popular male name for Palestine Jews. In the Book of Genesis Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first son, and kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
