Francis E. Dorn

Francis Edwin Dorn ( born April 18, 1911 in Brooklyn, New York, † September 17, 1987 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1953 and 1961 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Francis Edwin Dorn was born about three years before the outbreak of World War I in Brooklyn. He attended St. Augustine High School and Bishop McLaughlin Memorial High School. In 1932 he graduated from Fordham University and in 1935 at the Law School. He studied in 1936 at the NYU Wagner School of Public Service. His admission to the bar he received in 1936 and then began practicing in Brooklyn. In 1940 he was elected to the New York State Assembly, however, stepped down from his seat to undertake in 1941 in the United States Navy. He served four years overseas and was discharged in 1946 as a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy Reserve. Later he was promoted to commander. Between 1946 and 1950 he worked as an Assistant Attorney General of New York. He then founded his own firm in 1950. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1952 for the 83rd Congress mandrel was in the twelfth electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John J. Rooney on 4 January 1953. He was re-elected three times in a row. In 1960 he suffered in his reelection defeat and retired after January 3, 1961 from the Congress of. His candidacy in 1962 was also unsuccessful.

After his conference time he went to Brooklyn back to his work as a lawyer after. Dorn was the founder of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation. He lived until his death in Brooklyn. On September 17, 1987, he died in New York City and was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery.