John Kissel (politician, 1864)
John Kissel (born July 31, 1864 in Brooklyn , New York , † October 3, 1938 there ) was an American politician . Between 1921 and 1923 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .
Career
John Kissel was born in Brooklyn during the Civil War . He attended public and private schools. He then worked as a clerk in the New York Naval . He trained as a printer and published the Kings County Republican between 1889 and 1914 . Kissel was a member of the Republican State Committee in 1886 . In the years 1894 and 1895 he worked as an office worker in the district council . He worked in the brewery business. In 1909 and 1910 he was a member of the New York Senate . He then set up the county's first independent labor exchange and ran it at his own expense for 15 years, which subsequently merged with the National Employment Agency .
Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1920 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of New York , where he succeeded John MacCrate on March 4, 1921 . He suffered for his re-election bid in 1922 , a defeat and withdrew from the after March 3, 1923 Congress of.
He then worked as a general tax advisor with offices in Brooklyn. In 1932 he worked as an attendant in the Empire State Building . He died on October 3, 1938 in Brooklyn and was then buried in Lutheran Cemetery in Queens .
Web links
- John Kissel in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- John Kissel in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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SURNAME | Kissel, John |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1864 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York |
DATE OF DEATH | October 3, 1938 |
Place of death | Brooklyn , New York |