Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal

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Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (June 8, 1923January 4, 1983), a Representative from New York, was born in New York City . He attended public schools (including Stuyvesant High School), Long Island University, and City College. He served in the United States Army, 1943-1946, and received his LL.B. from Brooklyn Law School as well as an LL.M. from New York University, 1952. He was admitted to the New York bar in 1949 and commenced practice in New York City. He was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Lester Holtzman, and reelected to the eleven succeeding Congresses (February 20, 1962-January 4, 1983). He died in Washington, D.C.

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Preceded by
Lester Holtzman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 6th congressional district

1962–1963
Succeeded by
Seymour Halpern
Preceded by
Victor L. Anfuso
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 8th congressional district

1963–1983
Succeeded by
James H. Scheuer
Preceded by
Joseph P. Addabbo
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 7th congressional district

1983
Succeeded by
Gary Ackerman