Robert Joseph Nodar Jr. (March 23, 1916 – September 11, 1974) was an American politician and a Republican member of the

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from

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Biography

Nodar was born in

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, New York, attended the public schools of New York City and graduated from Newtown High School, Elmhurst, New York, in 1935.

Career

Nodar was engaged as a clerk in the Manufacturers Trust Company, in New York City from 1935 to 1939; and with the Crucible Steel Corp. of America from 1940 to 1942. During

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, Nodar served in the

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, with service in the South Pacific, from March 18, 1942, until discharged as a

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on January 6, 1946. Elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress in 1946, Nodar served from January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1949. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress, he became a clerk with Solomon Brothers & Hutzell in New York City.

Death

Nodar died in

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, New York on September 11, 1974 (age 58 years, 172 days). He is

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at Pinelawn Memorial Park, near Farmingdale, Long Island, New York.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nodar, Robert Jr. 1916 births 1974 deaths Politicians from Brooklyn United States Army Air Forces soldiers United States Army personnel of World War II Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 20th-century New York (state) politicians 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives