Morris Mohr (1907 – September 21, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician from

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He was born in 1907 in

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. He attended the public schools. He graduated from

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in 1934. He married Leah, and they had two children. In November 1953, Mohr was elected to the

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(Bronx County, 3rd District), to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of Edward T. Galloway as a City Magistrate. Mohr was re-elected in 1954, and remained in the State Assembly until his death in 1956, sitting in the 169th and

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s. He died on September 21, 1956, at his home at 1345 Shakespeare Avenue in

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, after an illness of four months.''Morris Mohr, State Assemblyman, Dead''
in the ''

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'' on September 22, 1956 (subscription required) State Senator

Jerome Schutzer Jerome Schutzer (January 11, 1930 - November 5, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life Schutzer was born on January 11, 1930, in the East Bronx, New York City, the son of Louis Schutzer and Fannie (Luxenberg) Schutzer. ...

(born 1930) is his son-in-law.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohr, Morris 1907 births 1956 deaths Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly Brooklyn Law School alumni 20th-century American politicians Politicians from the Bronx