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1.1  Political career  





1.2  Later career  





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3 References  














Benjamin L. Rosenbloom






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Benjamin Rosenbloom
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from West Virginia's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1925
Preceded byMatthew M. Neely
Succeeded byCarl G. Bachmann
Personal details
Born(1880-06-03)June 3, 1880
Braddock, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedMarch 22, 1965(1965-03-22) (aged 84)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S
Political partyRepublican

Benjamin Louis Rosenbloom (June 3, 1880 – March 22, 1965) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a Jewish member of the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia from 1921 to 1925.[1]

Biography[edit]

Born in Braddock, PennsylvaniatoRussian-Jewish immigrants,[2] Rosenbloom attended the public schools and graduated from the North Braddock High School. He attended West Virginia UniversityatMorgantown, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia in 1905.

Political career[edit]

He was elected and served as a West Virginia State Senate member from 1914 to 1918.

Rosenbloom was elected from West Virginia's 1st District[3] as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1925) as the first Jewish member of Congress from West Virginia. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1924, having become a candidate for the United States Senate. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for United States Senator in 1924.

Later career[edit]

He resumed the practice of his profession in Wheeling, published a weekly newspaper from 1933 to 1935, was a councilman and vice mayor of Wheeling, West Virginia, from 1935 to 1939, and retired from law practice in 1951.

Death[edit]

He died in Cleveland, Ohio on March 22, 1965.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

  1. ^ United States Congress. "Benjamin L. Rosenbloom (id: R000441)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • ^ "United States Census, 1910", FamilySearch, retrieved March 13, 2018
  • ^ Lawrence Kestenbaum. "The Political Graveyard". Retrieved 2008-08-16.
  • U.S. House of Representatives
    Preceded by

    Matthew M. Neely

    Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
    from West Virginia's 1st congressional district

    1921–1925
    Succeeded by

    Carl G. Bachmann


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