Lester L. Wolff

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Lester L. Wolff (1975)

Lester Lionel Wolff (born January 4, 1919 in New York City , † May 11, 2021 ) was an American politician . Between 1965 and 1981 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lester Lionel Wolff was born in New York City about two months after the end of World War I. He attended public schools. Between 1939 and 1941 he was a lecturer at New York University , where he had previously studied. After the end of the Second World War , he was head of the marketing department at the Collegiate Institute between 1945 and 1949 . Wolff served in the Civil Air Patrol between 1945 and 1950 and between 1968 and 1980 . He chaired the Board of Coordinated Marketing Agency between 1950 and 1964 . Then he was a member of the Board of Noramco (Dugan's) in 1963 and 1964 and of the Board of Noramco (Dugan's) between 1963 and 1968Madison Life Insurance Co. Wolff also had a television career. He worked as a presenter and producer between 1948 and 1963. In 1962 he took part in the US trade delegation in the Philippines and in 1963 in Malaysia and Hong Kong . In 1957 he chaired the Advisory Committee of the Subcommittee on Consumers Study of the US House of Representatives.

Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party . In the 1964 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the third constituency of New York , where he succeeded Steven Derounian on January 4, 1965 . He was re-elected three times in a row. In 1972 , he ran for a seat in Congress in the sixth constituency of New York. After a successful election, he succeeded Seymour Halpern on January 4, 1973 . He was re-elected three times in a row. On his ninth candidacy in 1980 he was defeated and withdrew from the after January 3, 1981 Congress of. As a congressman, he chaired the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control ( 94th to 96th Congress ).

Wolff had chaired the Pacific Community Institute since 1984 . He also worked as a television commentator. He lived in Great Neck .

Web links

  • Lester L. Wolff in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Wolff, Lester L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wolff, Lester Lionel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 2021