Leon Sacks

Leon Sacks (born October 7, 1902 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , †  March 11, 1972 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1937 and 1943 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Leon Sacks attended the public schools of his home country and then the Wharton School , which is part of the University of Pennsylvania . After a subsequent law degree at this university and his admission as a lawyer in 1926, he began to work in Philadelphia in this profession. Between 1935 and 1937 he was the Assistant Attorney General of Pennsylvania. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . From 1936 to 1942 he was a member of the state executive committee of his party.

In the 1936 congressional election , Sacks was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Republican Harry C. Ransley on January 3, 1937 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1943 . By 1941, the last of the Roosevelt government's New Deal laws were passed there. Since 1941, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of World War II . In 1942, Leon Sacks was not re-elected.

During the Second World War , Sacks served as a lieutenant colonel between 1943 and 1946 in a training camp for the US Army Air Corps . After that he practiced as a lawyer again. From 1959 to 1969 he was a member of the Pennsylvania State Veterans Commission. Between 1952 and 1965 he served as chairman of the Philadelphia drafting authority ( registration commission ) and from 1957 to 1967 he was a member of the Military Reservation Commission . He died in Philadelphia on March 11, 1972.

Web links

• Leon Sacks in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Leon Sacks in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Harry C. Ransley	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (1st constituency) January 3, 1937 - January 3, 1943	James A. Gallagher