John Kissel (July 31, 1864 in

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, Kings County, New York – October 3, 1938 in Brooklyn,

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) was an American newspaper publisher and politician from New York.

Life

He attended public and private schools, and served as a clerk in the

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. He learned the printing trade and published the ''Kings County Republican'' from 1889 to 1914. Kissel became a member of the

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in 1886; was Clerk to the Board of Supervisors of Kings County in 1894 and 1895; and engaged in the brewery business. Kissel was a

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1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

. He was a member of the New York State Senate (9th D.) in

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and

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; and organized, and for fifteen years conducted at his own expense, the first free labor bureau in the United States, which was subsequently merged into the

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. He was elected as a

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to the

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, holding office from March 4, 1921, to March 3, 1923. Afterwards he became a general tax consultant with offices in Brooklyn, and was employed as an attendant at the Empire State Building. He died on October 3, 1938, in

, and was buried at the Lutheran Cemetery in

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kissel, John 1864 births 1938 deaths Politicians from Brooklyn Republican Party New York (state) state senators Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 1900 United States presidential electors