Lester Holtzman

Lester Holtzman

Lester Holtzman (born June 1, 1913 in New York City , † November 12, 2002 ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1953 and 1961 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lester Holtzman was born in New York City about a year before the outbreak of World War I. He attended public schools and graduated from St. John's Prelaw School . Then he went to St. John's University School of Law in Brooklyn , which he left again in 1935 with a Bachelor of Laws . He was admitted to the bar that same year and then began practicing in Middle Village , Queens County . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the 1952 congressional election , Holtzman was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the sixth constituency of New York , where he succeeded James J. Delaney on January 4, 1953 . He was re-elected four times in a row and resigned from his seat on December 31, 1961.

Between 1962 and 1973 he was a judge on the New York Supreme Court . Holtzman was President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Central Queens Savings and Loan Association . He died on November 12, 2002.

Web links

• Lester Holtzman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)