Walter J. Floss Jr. (February 13, 1923 – December 8, 2018) was an American politician from

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Life

Floss was born on February 13, 1923, in

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. He attended Buffalo Technical High School. He served in the U.S. Navy from June 1941 to 1945. Afterwards he engaged in the insurance business in

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. He married Grayce T. Thornberry (1924–2004), and they had ten children. Floss entered politics as a Republican, and was a member of the Town Council of

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from 1963 to 1967, and a member of the Erie County Legislature from 1968 to 1978. Floss was a member of the

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from 1979 to 1988, sitting in the 183rd, 184th, 185th, 186th and

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s. In 1986, he sponsored the law that made it possible to use credit cards at liquor stores in the State of New York. Floss died on December 8, 2018, at the age of 95.

References

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