Klein, Arthur George, 1904-1968

Arthur George Klein (August 8, 1904 – February 20, 1968) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. Representative from New York's 14th (1941-1945) and 19th (1946-1956) districts.

Born in New York City, he attended public schools there before earning degrees from Washington Square College of New York University and the law department of New York University. Klein was admitted to the bar in 1927, and commenced practice in New York City. He was connected with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., and New York City between 1935 and 1941.

Klein was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of M. Michael Edelstein. He was reelected to the Seventy-eighth Congress and served from July 29, 1941, to January 3, 1945. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1944, He was elected to the Seventy-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel Dickstein and then reelected in 1946 to the Eightieth and to the four succeeding United States Congresses and served from February 19, 1946, until his resignation December 31, 1956. He was elected to the New York State Supreme Court for the term commencing January 1, 1957, and served there until his death. In 1966, he was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for New York County Surrogate.

Klein died in New York City and was interred in Mount Moriah Cemetery in Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey.