Martin C. Ansorge

Martin C. Ansorge

Martin Charles Ansorge (born January 1, 1882 in Corning , New York , † February 4, 1967 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1921 and 1923 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Martin Ansorge attended public schools and the City College of New York . He graduated from Columbia College in 1903 and Columbia Law School in 1906 . After receiving his license to practice bar in 1906, he began practicing in New York City. Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . He ran for a seat in the US House of Representatives in 1912 , 1914 and 1916 without success. A Republican nomination in 1918 for the 66th Congress , he rejected. During the First World War he served in the Motor Transport Corps . He then chaired the Triborough Bridge Committee between 1918 and 1921 .

In the 1920 congressional elections for the 67th Congress , Ansorge was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 21st  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Jerome F. Donovan on March 4, 1921 . In 1922 , the Democrat Royal Hurlburt Weller was elected to the 68th Congress . Ansorge contested his election unsuccessfully and then left the Congress after March 3, 1923 .

After his time at Congress, he worked as a lawyer again. He ran unsuccessfully for the post of judge on the Court of General Sessions of New York City in 1924 and in 1927 and 1928 for the post of judge on the New York Supreme Court . Between 1934 and 1961 he was director of United Airlines . Then he worked as a lawyer again. He died on February 4, 1967 in New York City and was then buried in the Temple Israel Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson .

Web links

• Martin C. Ansorge in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Martin C. Ansorge in the database of Find a Grave (English)