Theodore A. Peyser

Theodore Albert Peyser ( born February 18, 1873 in Charleston, West Virginia; † August 8, 1937 New York City ) was an American politician. Between 1933 and 1937 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Theodore Albert Peyser was born about eight years after the end of the Civil War in Charleston. He attended public schools. Then he went to 1893 different activities. At that time he moved to Cincinnati (Ohio ), where he worked as a business traveler. He practiced this profession until 1900. Then he moved to New York City. He has worked in the life insurance business. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1932 for the 73rd Congress Peyser in the 17th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Ruth Baker Pratt on March 4, 1933. He was re-elected twice in a row, however, died on August 8, 1937, during his last term in office in New York City. His body was buried at the United Cemetery in Cincinnati.