Isaac Siegel (April 12, 1880 – June 29, 1947) was a
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Representative from
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Biography
He was born in
New York City
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and attended the public schools. Siegel graduated from
New York University School of Law
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in 1901 and was admitted to the bar on May 26, 1902. He commenced practice in New York City thereafter and was appointed special deputy
attorney general
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for the prosecution of election frauds in 1909 and 1910. Siegel was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding
United States Congress
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es (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923).
He was chairman of the Committee on the Census (Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1922. During the First World War, he was a member of the overseas commission which visited France and Italy during July and August 1918. He was also delegate to the
Republican National Conventions
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in 1916, 1920, 1924, and 1936.
On September 14, 1940, Siegel was appointed to the bench and served as justice of the domestic relations court of
New York City
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until his death. He died in an accidental fall from a window in his New York City apartment.
[Kurt F. Stone]
The Jews of Capitol Hill: A Compendium of Jewish Congressional Members
2010, pages 99-100 He is interred at Union Field Cemetery in Ridgewood, NY.
See also
*
List of Jewish members of the United States Congress
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References
External links
* Retrieved on 2013-08-28
* Retrieved on 2013-08-28
Isaac Siegela
Political GraveyardRetrieved on 2013-08-28
Guide to the Isaac Siegel Papersat the
American Jewish Historical Society,
New York City
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1880 births
1947 deaths
New York University School of Law alumni
Jewish members of the United States House of Representatives
Politicians from New York City
Accidental deaths from falls
Accidental deaths in New York (state)
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
Burials at Salem Fields Cemetery
20th-century American politicians