Heller, Louis B. (Louis Benjamin), 1905-1993
Louis Benjamin Heller (February 10, 1905 – October 30, 1993) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he notably served in the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 7th (1949-1953) and 8th (1953-1954) congressional districts.
Born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, he attended the public schools there before graduating from Fordham Law School. Heller was admitted to the bar in 1927 and commenced the practice of law in Brooklyn. He served as a special deputy assistant attorney general for cases of election fraud from 1936 until 1946 and was an appeal agent with the United States Selective Service from 1941 until 1942. Heller was elected to the New York state senate in 1942, serving from 1943 to 1944 then was appointed by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey as secretary of the New York State Temporary Commission Against Discrimination in 1944 and 1945. He served as Democratic State committeeman and executive member of the sixth assembly district of Kings County, New York from 1944 to 1954.
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