Samuel Nathaniel Friedel

Samuel Nathaniel Friedel

Samuel Nathaniel Friedel (born April 18, 1898 in Washington, DC , †  March 21, 1979 in Towson , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1953 and 1971 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

At the age of six months, Samuel Friedel came to Baltimore with his family , where he later attended public schools and the Strayer Business College . Between 1919 and 1923 he worked in the postal department of a department store in Baltimore. He was then the founder and from 1926 to 1956 president of Industrial Loan Co. At the same time, he pursued a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He served in the Maryland House of Representatives from 1935 to 1939 ; between 1939 and 1952 he was a member of the Baltimore City Council. In 1964 and 1968 he was a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions .

In the congressional elections of 1952 , Friedel was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the then re-established seventh constituency of Maryland, where he took up his new mandate on January 3, 1953. After eight re-elections, he was able to complete nine legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1971 . From 1967 to 1971 he was chairman of the Committee on House Administration . From 1969 to 1971 he was also a member of the Joint Committee on the Library and the Joint Committee on Printing . His time in Congress included the Cold War , the Vietnam War and, domestically, the civil rights movement . In 1970 Friedel was no longer nominated for re-election by his party.

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Samuel Friedel withdrew from politics. He died in Towson on March 21, 1979 and was buried in Baltimore.

Web links

• Samuel Nathaniel Friedel in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Samuel Nathaniel Friedel in the database of Find a Grave (English)