Morris Mohr

Morris Mohr (1907 – September 21, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was born in 1907 in New York City. He attended the public schools. He graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1934.[1] He married Leah, and they had two children.[2]

In November 1953, Mohr was elected to the New York State Assembly (Bronx Co., 3rd D.), to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of Edward T. Galloway as a City Magistrate. Mohr was re-elected in 1954, and remained in the State Assembly until his death in 1956, sitting in the 169th and 170th New York State Legislatures.

He died on September 21, 1956, at his home at 1345 Shakespeare Avenue in the Bronx, after an illness of four months.[3]

State Senator Jerome Schutzer (born 1930) is his son-in-law.

Sources

  1. ↑ New York Red Book (1954; pg. 208)
  2. ↑ "Morris Mohr" in the 1940 U.S. census
  3. ↑ Morris Mohr, State Assemblyman, Dead in the New York Times on September 22, 1956 (subscription required)
New York Assembly
Preceded by
Edward T. Galloway		 New York State Assembly
Bronx County, 3rd District
1954–1956 		Succeeded by
Moses J. Epstein
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