Edgar A. Sharp

Edgar Allan Sharp (born June 3, 1876 in Patchogue , New York , † November 27, 1948 there ) was an American politician . Between 1945 and 1947 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edgar Allan Sharp attended public schools and high schools. He was 1898-1906 as a clerk ( clerk working) in the mailroom of Patchogue and from 1906 to 1918 as deputy postmaster . From April 1918 to January 1920 he was responsible for the construction work of the Columbus Knights in France and Great Britain . Sharp then went into real estate and insurance businesses in Patchogue. He was a real estate appraiser in Suffolk County between 1920 and 1944 and an auctioneer between 1929 and 1944. In addition, he went about banking. Between 1930 and 1933 he sat in the planning and building law office ( zoning and planning board ) of Brookhaven . He then served as Brookhaven Town Supervisor between 1935 and 1943 . Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . In the 1944 congressional election , Sharp was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of New York , where he succeeded Leonard W. Hall on January 4, 1945 . Since he refused to run again in 1946 , he left the Congress after January 3, 1947 . Then he resumed his previous business activities. He died in Patchogue on November 27, 1948 and was buried in the Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Coram .

Web links

• Edgar A. Sharp in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)