Louis B. Heller
Louis Benjamin Heller (February 10, 1905 – October 30, 1993) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
He was born on New York's Lower East Side. Louis Benjamin Heller was the second of Max and Dora Heller's four children. The senior Hellers had emigrated from Romania just a few years before the birth of their first child, a daughter named Freida.[1] He graduated from Fordham Law School in 1926. He served as a special deputy assistant attorney general for cases of election fraud from 1936 until 1946. He was an appeal agent with the United States Selective Service from 1941 until 1942. He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1943 until 1944. He was elected to Congress in 1949 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John J. Delaney and served from February 15, 1949 until his resignation on July 21, 1954. He served on the New York Supreme Court from 1966 until 1977. He died in Plantation, Florida.
References
- ↑ Kurt F. Stone (September 2000). The Congressional Minyan: The Jews of Capitol Hill. Ktav Publishing House. p. 202. ISBN 0-88125-659-5.
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| New York State Senate | ||
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| Preceded by Jacob Schwartzwald |
New York State Senate, 7th District 1943–1944 |
Succeeded by William N. Conrad |
| United States House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by John J. Delaney |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 7th congressional district 1949–1953 |
Succeeded by James J. Delaney |
| Preceded by Victor L. Anfuso |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 8th congressional district 1953–1954 |
Succeeded by Victor L. Anfuso |
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