Lewis K. Rockefeller

Lewis Kirby Rockefeller ( born November 25, 1875 in Schenectady, New York, † September 18, 1948 in Canaan, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1937 and 1943 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Lewis Kirby Rockefeller attended public schools. In 1898 he graduated from the New York State College in Albany. After that, he was Principal of the Grammar School in North German Town. Between 1898 and 1904 he worked in the finance office of the New York State Department of Public Instruction. Then he was 1905-1915 Chief Accountant in the Office of the Municipal Audit Office of the New York State Comptroller. In 1915 he became Deputy State Tax Commissioner - a post he held until 1921. Then he worked 1921-1933 as Deputy State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance. In 1933, he worked as accounting and accountants. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. He took 1936 as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in part.

He was elected in a by-election in the 27th Election District of New York in the 75th Congress, there to fill the vacancy, created by the death of Philip A. Goodwin. His seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, he took on 2 November 1937. In the congressional elections of 1938 he was elected to the 76th Congress. He was again re-elected. Since he gave up one run again in 1942, he retired after January 3, 1943 from the Congress.

After his time Congress, he worked as an accountant and tax consultant in Chatham. He died on September 18, 1948 in Canaan. His body was buried in the same cemetery at Kinderhook.