Lester Holtzman

Lester Holtzman ( born June 1, 1913 in New York City; † 12 November 2002) 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

Lester Holtzman was born about a year before the outbreak of the First World War in New York City. He attended public schools and graduated from St. John's School prelaw. Then he went to the St. John's University School of Law in Brooklyn, which he left with a Bachelor of Laws in 1935 again. His admission to the bar he was in the same year and then began in Middle Village in Queens County to practice. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1952, Holtzman was in the sixth electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of James J. Delaney on 4 January 1953. He was re-elected four times in a row and became effective on December 31, 1961 back from his seat.

Between 1962 and 1973 he was a judge on the New York Supreme Court Holtzman was President and Chief Executive Officer ( CEO) of the Central Queens Savings and Loan Association. He died on 12 November 2002.