Solomon Sufrin (November 17, 1881 – April 2, 1931) was an American politician from

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Life

He was born on November 17, 1881, in

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. He attended the public schools in Iași, and the École Normale Israélite Orientale in

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. In 1900, he emigrated to the

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and settled in

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. He graduated LL.B. from

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in 1905, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in New York City. In November 1912, he was elected on the

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ticket to the

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(New York Co., 8th D.), defeating the incumbent Democrat

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. Sufrin was re-elected in November 1913. He was a member of the State Assembly in 1913 and 1914, sitting in the 136th and

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s. Afterwards he became a prominent activist in many Jewish organizations. In 1916, he supported President

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for re-election. He died on April 2, 1931, after a long illness;''Solomon Sufrin Leader of Roumanian Jews in America Dies''
at

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on April 6, 1931 and was buried at the Mount Carmel Cemetery in Glendale, Queens.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sufrin, Solomon 1881 births 1931 deaths Politicians from Manhattan Members of the New York State Assembly New York (state) Progressives (1912) 20th-century American legislators Jewish American state legislators in New York (state) Moldavian Jews Romanian emigrants to the United States