Ralph Shapiro (November 27, 1908 – April 8, 1974) was an American businessman and politician from

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Life

He was born on November 27, 1908, the son of Jacob Shapiro and Fanny (Rosenthal) Shapiro. He attended Syracuse University College of Law. He established and ran a paper products wholesale company in

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. Shapiro was Mayor of Oswego from 1960 to 1967; and an alternate delegate to the

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. On February 14, 1974, he was elected to the

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, to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Edward F. Crawford to the New York Supreme Court. He took his seat in the

180th New York State Legislature The 180th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3, 1973, to May 30, 1974, during the fifteenth and final year of Nelson Rockefeller's governorship, and during Malc ...

,''Shapiro Lauded by Steingut As One of "Key Legislators" Around Whom Demos Build''
in ''The Palladium–Times'', of Oswego, on March 15, 1974 but died less than two months later, before the end of the regular legislative session. On March 29, 1974, while driving back to Oswego from Albany, he suffered a heart attack, and stopped at Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital in

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. During the night, after suffering another heart attack, he was transferred to the State University Hospital where he died on April 8. He was buried at the Riverside Cemetery in Oswego.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shapiro, Ralph 1908 births 1974 deaths Politicians from Oswego, New York Mayors of places in New York (state) Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly Syracuse University College of Law alumni Jewish American state legislators in New York (state) 20th-century American legislators 20th-century American Jews 20th-century New York (state) politicians