Sacks, Leon, 1902-1972

Leon Sacks (October 7, 1902 – March 11, 1972) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1937 to 1943.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he earned an undergraduate degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Sacks commenced the practice of law in Philadelphia in 1926. He was appointed deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania in February 1935 and served until January 1937. He was elected as a member of the Democratic State committee in 1936 and served until 1942. Sacks was elected in 1936 as a Democrat to the 75th United States Congress and to the two succeeding Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942.

Sacks served at Army Air Forces Eastern Flying Training Command, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, from January 4, 1943, to January 10, 1946, when resumed the practice of his profession. He was a member of State Veterans Commission from 1951 to 1969, and the chairman of the registration commission of Philadelphia from 1952 to 1965. He was a member of Military Reservations Commission from 1957 to 1967.

Sacks died in Philadelphia at the age of 69. He was interred in Shalom Memorial Park in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania.