Martin C. Ansorge

Martin Charles Ansorge ( born January 1, 1882 in Corning, New York, † February 4, 1967 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1921 and 1923 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Martin Ansorge attended public schools and the City College of New York. He graduated from Columbia College in 1903 and 1906 at Columbia Law School. After receiving his license to practice law in 1906, he began practicing in New York City. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. He stood as a candidate in 1912, 1914 and 1916 unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. A Republican nomination in 1918 for the 66th Congress, he refused. During World War II he served in the Motor Transport Corps. Then he had 1918-1921 preside over the Triborough Bridge Committee.

In the congressional elections of 1920 for the 67th Congress Ansorge was in the 21st electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Jerome F. Donovan on March 4, 1921. In 1922 the Royal Hurlburt Weller Democrat was elected to the 68th Congress. Ansorge has unsuccessfully contested the election and then retired after March 3, 1923 the Congress of.

After his time Congress, he worked as a lawyer again. He ran unsuccessfully in 1924 for the post of judge at the Court of General Sessions of New York City and 1927 and 1928 for the post of judge at the New York Supreme Court Between 1934 and 1961 he was director of United Airlines. After that he worked as a lawyer again. He died on February 4, 1967 in New York City and was buried in the Temple Israel Cemetery in Hastings-on- Hudson.