Herbert Zelenko (March 16, 1906 – February 23, 1979) was a

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. He was born in

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origin. He attended public schools and graduated from

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in 1926 and from

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in 1928. He was admitted to the

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in 1929 and commenced the practice of law in New York City. He was a lecturer for the Practicing Law Institute and Law Science Institute and an assistant United States attorney for the southern district of New York. Zelenko was elected as a

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to the Eighty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress. After his unsuccessful election, he resumed his practice of law. He died in New York City in 1979 due to a stomach ulcer. He was buried at Sharon Gardens,

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