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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkKOCH, Edward Irving
(1924—)
KOCH, Edward Irving, a Representative from New York; born in the Bronx, N.Y., December 12, 1924; studied at City College of New York; LL.B., New York University Law School, 1948; combat infantryman with rank of sergeant, 1943-1946; admitted to the bar in 1949 and commenced practice in New York City; elected Democratic district leader of Greenwich Village, 1963-1965; delegate to State convention, 1964; elected to New York City Council, 1966; elected as a Democrat-Liberal to the Ninety-first and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1969, until his resignation December 31, 1977, to become mayor of New York City for the term commencing January 1, 1978; reelected mayor in 1981 and 1985; is a resident of New York City.
Browne, Arthur, Dan Collins and Michael Goodwin. I, Koch: A Decidely Unauthorized Biography of the Mayor of New York City, Edward I. Koch.
New York: Dodd Mead, 1985.
Koch, Edward I. Politics.
New York: Simon and Shuster, 1985.
Koch, Edward I., and John Joseph O’Connor. His Eminence and Hizzoner: A Candid Exchange/John Cardinal O’Connor and Edward I. Koch.
New York: Morrow, 1989.
Koch, Edward I., with Leland T. Jones. All the Best: Letters From A Feisty Mayor.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990.
Koch, Edward I., with William Rauch. Mayor.
New York: Simon and Shuster, 1984.
Newfield, Jack, and Wayne Barrett. City For Sale: Ed Koch and The Betrayal of New York.
New York: Harper and Row, 1988.
Shestack, Mel, and Sayre Ross, eds. How’m I Doing?: The Wit and Wisdom of Ed Koch.
Forward by Clive Barnes. New York: Lion Books, 1981.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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