 |
History and Government—Congressional Biographies—West VirginiaBenjamin Louis ROSENBLOOM
(1880-1965)
ROSENBLOOM, Benjamin
Louis, a Representative from West Virginia; born in
Braddock, Allegheny County, Pa., June 3, 1880; attended the public
schools; was graduated from the North Braddock High School;
attended the University of West Virginia at Morgantown; studied
law; was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in
Wheeling, Ohio County, W.Va., in 1905; member of the State senate
1914-1918; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh and
Sixty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1925); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1924, having become a candidate for
the United States Senate; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican
nomination for United States Senator in 1924; resumed the practice
of his profession in Wheeling; weekly newspaper publisher
1933-1935; councilman and vice mayor of Wheeling, W.Va., 1935-1939;
retired from law practice in 1951; died in Cleveland, Ohio, March
22, 1965.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
Related Links
|
24 X 7
Private Tutor
|
24 x 7 Tutor Availability |
|
|
Unlimited Online Tutoring |
|
|
1-on-1 Tutoring |
|
