Morris Mohr (1907 – September 21, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician from
New York
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Life
He was born in 1907 in
New York City
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. He attended the public schools. He graduated from
Brooklyn Law School
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in 1934. He married Leah, and they had two children.
In November 1953, Mohr was elected to the
New York State Assembly
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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
170th New York State Legislatures.
He died on September 21, 1956, at his home at 1345 Shakespeare Avenue in
the Bronx
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, after an illness of four months.
''Morris Mohr, State Assemblyman, Dead''
in the ''New York Times
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'' on September 22, 1956 (subscription required)
State Senator Jerome Schutzer (born 1930) is his son-in-law.
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1907 births
1956 deaths
Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
Brooklyn Law School alumni
Politicians from the Bronx
20th-century members of the New York State Legislature