Bill Green (politician)

Bill Green

Sedgwick William "Bill" Green (born October 16, 1929 in New York City , †  October 14, 2002 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1978 and 1993 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1946 Bill Green graduated from Horace Mann High School in Riverdale . He then studied at Harvard University until 1950 . After studying law at the same university and being admitted to the bar in 1953, he began to work in this profession from 1955. Between 1953 and 1955 he served in the United States Army . In 1955 and 1956 he was the legal assistant to Federal Judge George Thomas Washington at the Federal Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia . From 1961 to 1964, Green was an advisor to the New York Joint Legislative Committee on Housing and Urban Development . Politically, he joined the Republican Party . Between 1965 and 1968 he was a member of the New York State Assembly . From 1970 to 1977 he was regional administrator of the Federal Ministry of Construction .

Following the resignation of MP Ed Koch , who had been elected Mayor of New York, Green was elected as his successor to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election for the 18th seat of his state . February 1978 took up his new mandate. After seven re-elections, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1993 . In 1992 he was not reconfirmed. Two years later he ran unsuccessfully for his party's nomination for the upcoming gubernatorial elections in New York State. Bill Green died of liver cancer on October 14, 2002 .

Web links

• Bill Green in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Ed Koch	United States House of Representatives for New York (18th constituency) February 14, 1978 - January 3, 1983	Robert García
Leo C. Zeferetti	United States House Representative for New York (15th constituency) January 3, 1983 - January 3, 1993	Charles B. Rangel