Stephen A. Rudd

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Stephen A. Rudd, 1936

Stephen Andrew Rudd (born December 11, 1874 in Brooklyn , New York , † March 31, 1936 ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1931 and 1936 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Stephen Andrew Rudd was born about nine years after the end of the Civil War in the then still separate city of Brooklyn and grew up there. During this time he attended public schools and the New York Preparatory School . He studied law at the Brooklyn Law School at St. Lawrence University in Brooklyn. He was admitted to the bar in 1914 and then began practicing in Brooklyn. Between 1922 and 1930 he was a member of the Board of Aldermen of New York City . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

Rudd was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in a by-election on February 17, 1931 in the ninth electoral district of New York to fill the vacancy created by the death of David J. O'Connell . He was re-elected twice in a row. He died on March 31, 1936 during his final term in Brooklyn and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery .

Web links

  • Stephen A. Rudd in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Rudd, Stephen A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rudd, Stephen Andrew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1936
Place of death Brooklyn , New York