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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkFloyd Harold FLAKE
(1945- )
FLAKE, Floyd Harold, a
Representative from New York; born in Los Angeles, Calif., January
30, 1945; attended public schools in Houston, Tex.; B.A.,
Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio, 1970; attended
Northeastern University, Boston, Mass., 1974-1976, and St.
John’s University, Jamaica, N.Y., 1980-1984; M. Div., United
Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio, 1995; pastor of Allen A.M.E.
Church, Jamaica, N.Y., 1976-1986; unsuccessful candidate in 1986
for the vacancy in the Ninety-ninth Congress caused by the death of
Joseph P. Addabbo; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundredth and
to the five succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1987,
until his resignation November 17, 1997, to return full time to his
duties as pastor of Allen A.M.E. Church.
Bibliography
”Floyd Harold Flake” in Black Americans in Congress,
1870-2007. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on
House Administration by the Office of History & Preservation,
U. S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing
Office, 2008.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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