Solomon Sufrin
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Solomon Sufrin (November 17, 1881 – April 2, 1931) was an American politician from New York.
Life
He was born on November 17, 1881, in Iași, Romania. He attended the public schools in Iași, and the École Normale Israélite Orientale in Paris. In 1900, he emigrated to the United States and settled in New York City. He graduated LL.B. from New York University School of Law in 1905, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in New York City.[https://books.google.com/books?id=BW1DAQAAMAAJ&q=jassy Distinguished Jews of America] (1917; pg. 452)
In November 1912, he was elected on the Progressive ticket to the New York State Assembly (New York Co., 8th D.), defeating the incumbent Democrat Moritz Graubard. Sufrin was re-elected in November 1913. He was a member of the State Assembly in 1913 and 1914, sitting in the 136th and 137th New York State Legislatures. Afterwards he became a prominent activist in many Jewish organizations. In 1916, he supported President Woodrow Wilson for re-election.[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/07/09/301879602.pdf INDEPENDENTS FORM NEW WILSON LEAGUE] in the New York Times on July 9, 1916
He died on April 2, 1931, after a long illness;[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D05EFDD143BE433A25757C0A9629C946094D6CF SOLOMON SUFRIN DEAD] in the New York Times on April 4, 1931 (subscription required)[http://www.jta.org/1931/04/06/archive/solomon-sufrin-leader-of-roumanian-jews-in-america-dies Solomon Sufrin Leader of Roumanian Jews in America Dies] at Jewish Telegraphic Agency on April 6, 1931 and was buried at the Mount Carmel Cemetery in Glendale, Queens.
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Category:Politicians from Manhattan
Category:Members of the New York State Assembly
Category:New York (state) Progressives (1912)
Category:Jewish state legislators in New York (state)
Category:Jews from Western Moldavia
Category:Romanian emigrants to the United States
Category:American people of Romanian-Jewish descent
Category:20th-century members of the New York State Legislature