Halpern, Seymour Papers, 1958-1972

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Halpern, Seymour Papers, 1958-1972

1958-1972

Seymour Halpern was a U.S. Representative from New York. Halpern served as a member of the New York State Senate from 1941-1954. While Halpern was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election to the Eighty-fourth Congress in 1954, he was elected to the Eighty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959-January 3, 1973). Halpern was not a candidate for reelection in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress and he died on January 10, 1997. This collection contains records pertaining to Halpern's political career.

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Halpern, Seymour, 1913-1997

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Seymour Halpern (November 19, 1913 – January 10, 1997) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he notably served as the U.S. Representative from New York's 4th (1959-1963) and 6th (1963-1973) congressional districts. Born in New York City, he graduated from Richmond Hill High School and attended Seth Low College of Columbia University from 1932 to 1934. Halpern worked as a newspaper reporter in New York and Chicago from 1931 to 1933 and also engaged in the insurance busi...