Waldon, Alton R. (Alton Ronald), 1936-

Alton Ronald Waldon Jr. (born December 21, 1936) is an American politician and jurist from New York who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1986 to 1987 in addition to stints in the New York State Assembly from 1983 to 1986 and New York State Senate from 1991 to 2000, as a member of the Democratic Party.

Born in Lakeland, Florida, Waldon graduated from Boys High School in Brooklyn, New York in 1954. He then served in the United States Army from 1956 to 1959. After briefly pursuing a singing career, he joined the New York City housing authority’s police force in 1962. He earned a B.S. from John Jay College in New York City in 1968 and a J.D. from New York Law School in New York City in 1973. He was appointed as NYS Deputy Commissioner of Human Rights in 1975 and later served as counsel in the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.

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