Samuel S. Koenig

Samuel S. Koenig (born September 7, 1872 in the Kingdom of Hungary , † March 1955 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician . He was Secretary of State of New York from 1909 to 1911 .

Career

Samuel S. Koenig immigrated to the United States with his parents as a child . They settled in New York City. There he attended public schools until he was 13. After that he worked as a clerk. While working in the day, he studied the evening Jura . In 1896 he graduated from New York University School of Law .

Koenig joined the Republican Party in 1891 as a campaign assistant for Jacob Sloat Fassett , who was defeated in his candidacy for governor of New York. From then on, he remained politically active in his constituency. In this context, he became director of the Sixth Ward. He also managed the election of Republican Gustave Hartman to the New York State Assembly in 1903 and in a predominantly Democratic district in 1905 .

In 1908 he was elected Secretary of State of New York, but suffered defeat in his 1910 re-election.

Koenig attended the Republican National Conventions as a delegate in 1908, 1912, 1916, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948 and 1952 . From 1915 to 1933 he chaired the New York County Republican Committee. In 1930 he was a member of the New York State Republican Committee. Koenig attended the 1933 New York State Convention as a delegate for the ratification of the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution.

He died at his home at 107 West 86th Street in Manhattan and was then on the Union Field Cemetery in Ridgewood ( Queens buried).

His brother Morris Koenig was appointed City Magistrate in New York City in 1915 .

literature

• Koenig May UpseT The East Side Vote , The New York Times, October 4, 1908
• Mitchel Appoints 3 City Magistrates , The New York Times, June 29, 1915

Web links

• Samuel S. Koenig on The Political Graveyard website