1. Leon Sacks was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a Democratic member of the US House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1937 to 1943.
11 Facts About Leon Sacks
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Leon Sacks was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants.
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Leon Sacks graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1923, and from the law department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1926.
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Leon Sacks commenced the practice of law in Philadelphia in 1926.
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Leon Sacks was appointed deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania in February 1935 and served until January 1937.
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Leon Sacks was elected as a member of the Democratic State committee in 1936 and served until 1942.
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Leon Sacks was elected in 1936 as a Democrat to the 75th United States Congress and to the two succeeding Congresses.
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Leon Sacks was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942.
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Leon Sacks was a member of State Veterans Commission from 1951 to 1969, and the chairman of the registration commission of Philadelphia from 1952 to 1965.
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Leon Sacks was a member of Military Reservations Commission from 1957 to 1967.
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On March 11,1972, Leon Sacks died in Philadelphia at the age of 69.