Louis A. Bloom
{{short description|American politician}}
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| name = Louis A. Bloom
| state_house = Pennsylvania
| district =Delaware County
| term_start1 = 1947
| term_end1 = 1952
| predecessor1 = George F. Dougherty
| successor1 = Lawrence A. Conner, Sr.
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| birth_date = August 15, 1900
| birth_place = Russia
| death_date = December 18, 1988 (aged 88)
| death_place = Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| resting_place = Ohev Shalom Cemetery, Brookhaven, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| party = Republican
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Louis A. Bloom (August 15, 1900 – December 18, 1988) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Delaware County from 1947 to 1952. He was a judge in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas for Delaware County.
Early life and education
Bloom was born in Russia and graduated from Chester High School in Chester, Pennsylvania in 1918. He graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1922 and the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1925.{{cite web |title=LOUIS A. BLOOM |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=1667&body=H |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=24 November 2018}}
Career
Bloom worked as an attorney-at-law and as Assistant District Attorney for Delaware County for 16 years. He was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Delaware County and served from 1947 to 1952.{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania House of Representatives - 1947-1949 |url=http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/137H.pdf |website=www.staffweb.wilkes.edu |accessdate=24 November 2018}}{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania House of Representatives - 1949-1950 |url=http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/138H.pdf |website=www.staffweb.wilkes.edu |accessdate=24 November 2018}}{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania House of Representatives - 1951-1952 |url=http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/139H.pdf |website=www.staffweb.wilkes.edu |accessdate=24 November 2018}} He was not a candidate for reelection for the 1953 term.
Bloom was elected treasurer and solicitor for Chester, Pennsylvania. He was elected judge for the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas for Delaware County in 1965.{{cite web |last1=Reason |first1=Donna |title=County of Delaware Judicial Report 2013-2015 |url=http://www.co.delaware.pa.us/courts/pdf/DelJudReport_2013-15.pdf |website=www.co.delaware.pa.us |accessdate=24 November 2018}}
Bloom served as president of the advisory board for the Pennsylvania State University Delaware County campus from 1968 to 1987.{{cite book |last1=Ross |first1=Martin |title=The Jewish Veteran, Volume 37, No. 3 |date=1983 |publisher=Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America |location=New York |page=29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TETjAAAAMAAJ&q=louis+a.+bloom+pennsylvania+judge&pg=RA15-PA28 |accessdate=24 November 2018}}{{cite web |title=Scholarships |url=https://brandywine.psu.edu/tuition-financial-aid/financial-aid/scholarships |website=www.brandywine.psu.edu |accessdate=24 November 2018}}
File:Louis A Bloom gravestone.jpg
Bloom died in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania and is interred at the Ohev Shalom Cemetery in Brookhaven, Pennsylvania.
Legacy
Personal life
Bloom was married to Gertrude Landow Bloom. He was a member of Chester Post #134 of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States.{{cite web |title=Ohev Sholom Synagogue History: Part III |url=http://www.oldchesterpa.com/churches/ohev_sholom_synagogue_history3.htm#jwv_established |website=www.oldchesterpa.com |accessdate=25 November 2018}}
References
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Category:20th-century American Jews
Category:20th-century Pennsylvania state court judges
Category:20th-century American lawyers
Category:Chester High School alumni
Category:County district attorneys in Pennsylvania
Category:Jewish American state legislators in Pennsylvania
Category:Judges of the Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas
Category:Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Category:Politicians from Chester, Pennsylvania
Category:University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni
Category:20th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly