Alfred F. Beiter

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Alfred Florian Beiter (July 7, 1894March 11, 1974) was a United States Representative from New York.

Alfred was born in Clarence, Erie County, New York. He attended Williamsville High School and Niagara University.

He moved to Williamsville and engaged in the general merchandising business from 1915 to 1929. He was supervisor of the town of Amherst, New York, 1930-1934.

He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and the two succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1939); was chairman of the Committee on War Claims (Seventy-fifth Congress); an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress; and assistant to the United States Secretary of the Interior in 1939 and 1940. He was then elected to the Seventy-seventh Congress (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1943), but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress.

He owned and operated a hatchery and feed business in Buffalo, New York, 1944-1948, and was president of the National Customs Service Association 1949-1961. He finished his career as Deputy Commissioner of Customs for the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., 1961-1964. He resided in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

He moved to Boca Raton, Florida, on his retirement, and he died there on March 11, 1974.

He was married to Margaret and had a daughter, Nancy Randall Beiter.

Preceded by
Edmund F. Cooke
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 41st congressional district

1933–1939
Succeeded by
J. Francis Harter
Preceded by
J. Francis Harter
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 41st congressional district

1941–1943
Succeeded by
Joseph Mruk

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