Daniel E. Button

Daniel Evan Button ( born November 1, 1917 in Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, New York, † March 7, 2009 in Albany, New York ) was an American politician.

Button studied at the University of Delaware in Newark, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in 1938 and then attended Columbia University in New York City, where he received his Master of Arts in 1939 got. After that he worked as an author and journalist. Among other things, he worked from 1939 to 1947 for newspapers in Wilmington, Delaware, and the Associated Press. From 1952 to 1958 Button was assistant to the president of the State University of New York. From 1960 to 1966 he worked as editor of the Albany Times - Union.

In 1966 he resigned and ran as a Republican for a seat in the Congress of the United States. He was able to prevail against his Democratic opponents and was elected to the House of Representatives of the United States. There he took from 3 January 1967 to January 3, 1971 29 electoral district of the state of New York. After his election defeat in the 1970 congressional elections button again worked as an editor, this time for the Science Digest magazine. He also wrote a biography of the former mayor of Albany, Thomas M. Whalen III, and "Take City Hall ," a book on urban politics in Albany.

Daniel Button was married and had five children. He died on 7 March 2009 at the age of 91 from pneumonia at Albany Medical Center Hospital.