Einstein, Edwin, 1842-1905

Edwin Einstein (November 18, 1842 – January 24, 1905) was an American businessman and politician. He served as the U.S. Representative from New York's 7th congressional district during the Forty-sixth Congress (1879-1881).

Born in Cincinnati and raised in New York City, Einstein worked as clerk in a store and received a collegiate training in the College of the City of New York. He entered Union College, but did not graduate. After leaving college, he continued in mercantile pursuits, eventually going into a partnership with Louis Hirschhorn founding a cigar manufacturing business named Hirschhorn & Einstein. He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth Congress, and served from March 4, 1879 to March 3, 1881. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1880.

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