Seymour Halpern (November 19, 1913 – January 10, 1997) was an American politician from
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Life
He was born in
New York City
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. He graduated from
Richmond Hill High School and attended Seth Low College of
Columbia University
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from 1932 to 1934. He worked as a newspaper reporter in New York and
Chicago
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from 1931 to 1933 and also engaged in the insurance business.
Halpern was a staff assistant to Mayor
Fiorello La Guardia
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in 1937; and an assistant to the President of the
New York City Council from 1938 to 1940.
He was a member of the
New York State Senate
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from 1941 to 1954, sitting in the
163rd,
164th,
165th,
166th,
167th,
168th and
169th New York State Legislature
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s. He also served as a member of the Temporary State Commission to Revise the Civil Service Laws from 1952 to 1954. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election to the 84th Congress in 1954.
He was a member of Mayor's Committee on Courts from 1956 to 1958. He also served as vice president and later chairman of the board of the
Insurist Corporation of America from 1948 to 1959.
He was elected as a
Republican to the
86th,
87th,
88th,
89th,
90th,
91st and
92nd United States Congress
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es, holding office from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1973. According to the 1972 edition of ''
The Almanac of American Politics
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'', Halpern was "one of the most liberal Republicans in the House." When Halpern's district was combined with that of Representative
Lester Wolff he chose not to run for re-election in 1972. He later worked in public relations.
He died in
Southampton
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on January 10, 1997, aged 83.
Halpern was buried at Mount Lebanon Cemetery in the
Glendale section of
Queens
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See also
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List of Jewish members of the United States Congress
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1913 births
1997 deaths
Columbia University School of General Studies alumni
Jewish members of the United States House of Representatives
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Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
Burials in New York (state)
20th-century American politicians
20th-century American Jews