Edwin Einstein

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Edwin Einstein (November 18, 1842 - January 24, 1905) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Einstein moved with his parents to New York City in 1846. He worked as clerk in a store. He received a collegiate training in the College of the City of New York, and entered Union College, but did not graduate. He engaged in mercantile pursuits.

Einstein was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1880. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for mayor of New York City in 1892. Dock commissioner of New York City in 1895. He was prominently identified with a number of investment companies and woolen factories. He died in New York City January 24, 1905. He was interred in Shearith Israel Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

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• Edwin Einstein at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress