Rosenbloom, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Louis), 1880-1965

<p><b>RACES</b>
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<li>08/05/1930 WV US Senate - R Primary Lost 18.57% (-30.26%)</li>
<li>05/29/1928 WV US Senate - R Primary Lost 10.42% (-44.58%)</li>
<li>05/27/1924 WV US Senate - R Primary Lost 14.47% (-30.89%)</li>
<li>11/07/1922 WV District 01 Won 52.58% (+5.23%)</li>
<li>11/02/1920 WV District 1 Won 50.26% (+0.52%)</li>
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ROSENBLOOM, Benjamin Louis, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Braddock, Allegheny County, Pa., June 3, 1880; attended the public schools; was graduated from the North Braddock High School; attended the University of West Virginia at Morgantown; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in Wheeling, Ohio County, W.Va., in 1905; member of the State senate 1914-1918; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1925); was not a candidate for renomination in 1924, having become a candidate for the United States Senate; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for United States Senator in 1924; resumed the practice of his profession in Wheeling; weekly newspaper publisher 1933-1935; councilman and vice mayor of Wheeling, W.Va., 1935-1939; retired from law practice in 1951; died in Cleveland, Ohio, March 22, 1965.

<p>Benjamin Louis Rosenbloom (June 3, 1880 – March 22, 1965) was a Jewish member of the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia.</p>

<p>Born in Braddock, Pennsylvania to Russian-Jewish immigrants, Rosenbloom attended the public schools and graduated from the North Braddock High School. He attended West Virginia University at Morgantown, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia in 1905.</p>

<p>He was elected and served as a member of the West Virginia State Senate from 1914 to 1918.</p>