Sirovich, William Irving, 1882-1939

<p><b>RACES</b>
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<li>11/08/1938 NY District 14 Won 68.39% (+38.43%)</li>
<li>11/03/1936 NY District 14 Won 61.45% (+30.02%)</li>
<li>11/06/1934 NY District 14 Won 52.84% (+19.49%)</li>
<li>11/08/1932 NY District 14 Won 60.67% (+32.34%)</li>
<li>11/04/1930 NY District 14 Won 47.33% (+21.46%)</li>
<li>11/06/1928 NY District 14 Won 54.38% (+15.16%)</li>
<li>11/02/1926 NY District 14 Won 49.44% (+4.69%)</li>
<li>11/04/1924 NY District 14 Lost 43.59% (-0.46%)</li>
<li>11/08/1910 NY Treasurer Lost 3.36% (-42.86%)</li>
<li>11/03/1908 NY Treasurer Lost 2.30% (-48.50%)</li>
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<p>William Irving Sirovich (March 18, 1882 – December 17, 1939) was an American politician from New York.</p>

<p>Sirovich was born in 1882 in York County, Pennsylvania to Hungarian-Jewish immigrants Jacob and Rose Sirovich (née Weinstock). The family moved to New York City in 1888. Sirovich attended the public schools there and graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1902 and from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1906. He commenced the practice of medicine in New York City in 1906 and also engaged as a lecturer, editor, and playwright, several of his plays being produced on Broadway.</p>

<p>In 1908 and 1910, he ran on the Independence League ticket for New York State Treasurer but was defeated by Republican Thomas B. Dunn (1908) and Democrat John J. Kennedy (1910).</p>

SIROVICH, William Irving, a Representative from New York; born in York, York County, Pa., March 18, 1882; moved to New York City with his parents in 1888; attended the public schools; was graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1902 and from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York City, in 1906; commenced the practice of medicine in New York City in 1906; also engaged as a lecturer, editor, and playwright, several of his plays being produced on Broadway; member of the fifth district school board 1906-1926; appointed as a member of the commission to inquire into the subject of widows' pensions and of the State pension commission in 1913; appointed a member of the State charities convention in 1914; served as superintendent of Peoples Hospital, New York City, 1910-1927; appointed commissioner of child welfare in 1919 and served until 1931; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Seventieth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1927, until his death; chairman, Committee on Patents (Seventy-second through Seventy-sixth Congresses); president of the Industrial National Bank, New York City, 1929-1932; delegate to the Interparliamentary Union Congress held at Bucharest, Rumania, in 1931; died in New York City December 17, 1939; interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Long Island, N.Y.