Joseph L. Pfeifer

Joseph L. Pfeifer

Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer (born February 6, 1892 in Brooklyn , New York , † April 19, 1974 there ) was an American doctor and politician . Between 1935 and 1951 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer attended St. Nicholas Parochial School , St. Leonard's Academy, and St. Francis College in Brooklyn. He graduated from Long Island Medical College in 1914 and began practicing that same year. He was a lecturer and wrote surgical articles. During the First World War he was on the Medical Advisory Board and instructed medical officers who went overseas.

Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party . In the congressional election of 1934 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of New York , where he succeeded George W. Lindsay on January 4, 1935 . He was re-elected five times in a row. In 1944 , he ran for a seat in Congress in the eighth constituency of New York. After a successful election, he succeeded Donald L. O'Toole on January 4, 1945 . He was re-elected once. On his ninth candidacy in 1950 he was defeated and withdrew from the after January 3, 1951 Congress of.

After that he worked as a doctor again until his retirement. He died on April 19, 1974 in Brooklyn and was then buried in St. John Cemetery in Middle Village .

Web links

• Joseph L. Pfeifer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph L. Pfeifer in the database of Find a Grave (English)