Frederic René Coudert, Jr.

Frederic René Coudert Jr. ( born May 7, 1898 in New York City; † May 21, 1972 ) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1947 and 1959 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Frederic René Coudert Jr. was born City during the Spanish- American War in New York and grew up there. He attended the Browning School and the Morristown School. Coudert graduated in 1918 from Columbia University and in 1922 at the Law School. During the First World War he fought as a First Lieutenant in the 105th Infantry of the 27th Division, where he served in 1917 and 1918 overseas. His admission to the bar he received in 1923 and then began to practice in New York City. Then he worked as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in the years 1924 and 1925. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. In 1929 he ran unsuccessfully for the post of District Attorney in New York County. As a delegate, he took 1930-1948 part in the Republican State Convention and 1936-1948 to the Republican National Conventions. He also sat 1939-1946 in the Senate from New York.

In the congressional elections of 1946, for the 80th Congress Coudert was 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 Joseph C. Baldwin on January 4, 1947. He was re-elected five times in a row. Since he performed on a bid again in 1958, he retired after January 3, 1959 from the Congress.

After his conference time he went to New York City back to his work as a lawyer after. Between 1959 and 1961 he was a member of the State Commission on Governmental Operations in New York City. Because of his poor health he gave up his job as a lawyer. On May 21, 1972, he died in New York City and was then buried in the Memorial Cemetery in Cold Spring Harbor.