Isacson, Leo, 1910-1996

<p><b>RACES</b>
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<li> 11/08/1949 Bronx Borough President Lost 16.68% (-34.93%)</li>
<li> 11/02/1948 NY District 24 Lost 36.95% (-26.10%)</li>
<li> 02/17/1948 NY District 24 Special Won 55.88% (+24.86%)</li>
<li> 11/05/1946 NY Assembly - Bronx 13 Lost 27.22% (-9.23%)</li>
<li> 11/06/1945 Bronx Borough President Lost 25.80% (-24.32%)</li>
<li> 11/07/1944 NY Assembly - Bronx 13 Won 53.36% (+6.72%)</li>
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ISACSON, Leo, a Representative from New York; born in New York City, April 20, 1910; attended the public schools; was graduated from New York University in 1931 and from the law department of the same university in 1933; was admitted to the bar in 1934 and commenced practice in New York City; member of the State assembly in 1945 and 1946; elected as an American Laborite to the Eightieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Benjamin J. Rabin and served from February 17, 1948, to January 3, 1949; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress; resumed the practice of law; delegate to Democratic National Convention in 1968; moved to Florida in 1970; professor of political science, Nova University; died September 28, 1996.

<p>Leo Leous Isacson (April 20, 1910 – September 21, 1996) was a New York attorney and politician. He was notable for winning a 1948 election to the United States House of Representatives from New York's twenty-fourth district (Bronx) as the candidate of the American Labor Party in what at that time the New York Times called "a test of Truman-[versus]-Wallace strength" with regard to the upcoming U.S. Presidential elections and a "test today of the third-party movement headed by Henry A. Wallace."</p>

<p>Leo Isacson was born on April 20, 1910, in Manhattan, New York City, New York to a Jewish family. He had two sisters, Ruth (later Thielle) and Regina (later Hymowitz). He attended the public schools, then graduated from New York University in 1931 and New York University School of Law in 1933.</p>

<p>Isacson was admitted to the bar in 1933 or 1934 and commenced practice in New York City. He defended labor and tenant cases.</p>