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Isacson

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Credit Linenone
Object number207.89.396
Object DescriptionWhite on blue, blue on white button, Re-Elect [Leo] Isacson Row C.
Keywords
  • English
  • Government
  • New York
NotesLeo Isacson (1910-1996), Jewish. He was a member of New York State Assembly 1944-1946, and ran unsuccessfully for Bronx Borough President in 1945. In 1946 he sought re-election to the Assembly, but lost in both the Democratic and Republican primaries as well as on the American Labor Ticket in the general election. Member of US House of Representatives,1948-1949 and pushed for immediate recognition of the State of Israel in 1948. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948.

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