Maurice Bloch (April 26, 1891 in

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– December 5, 1929 in

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, New York City) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Personal life

Bloch married Madeline Neuberger (1894–1986) in 1922. Robert F. Wagner Sr., then a judge, acted as best man. Bloch and his wife had two children, a daughter, Jean Doris, and a son named Robert Wagner Bloch. At the time, Bloch was President of the

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, where a plaque honors him.

Sources

''MAURICE BLOCH A FATHER''
in NYT on March 5, 1925 (subscription required)

in NYT on December 6, 1929 (subscription required)

in NYT on November 18, 1986

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bloch, Maurice 1891 births 1929 deaths People from Manhattan Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly Deaths from embolism 20th-century American politicians