1. Seymour Halpern was an American politician from New York.
14 Facts About Seymour Halpern
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Seymour Halpern graduated from Richmond Hill High School and attended Seth Low College of Columbia University from 1932 to 1934.
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Seymour Halpern worked as a newspaper reporter in New York and Chicago from 1931 to 1933 and engaged in the insurance business.
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Seymour Halpern was a member of the New York State Senate from 1941 to 1954, sitting in the 163rd, 164th, 165th, 166th, 167th, 168th and 169th New York State Legislatures.
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Seymour Halpern served as a member of the Temporary State Commission to Revise the Civil Service Laws from 1952 to 1954.
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Seymour Halpern was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election to the 84th Congress in 1954.
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Seymour Halpern was a member of Mayor's Committee on Courts from 1956 to 1958.
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Seymour Halpern served as vice president and later chairman of the board of the Insurist Corporation of America from 1948 to 1959.
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Seymour Halpern was elected as a Republican to the 86th, 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st and 92nd United States Congresses, holding office from January 3,1959, to January 3,1973.
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One of the most liberal Republicans in the House who often got endorsement from labor unions and the Liberal Party of New York, Seymour Halpern voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1960, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as well as the 24th Amendment to the US Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Seymour Halpern described his co-sponsoring of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Medicare as two of his proudest achievements.
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On January 26,1971, alongside fellow Republicans F Bradford Morse, Charles Adams Mosher and Ogden Reid, Halpern was one of seventy-four representatives in the House to support the House version of Ted Kennedy's Health Security Act, a bill that supported universal health coverage in America through a government-administered program.
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Seymour Halpern died in Southampton on January 10,1997, aged 83.
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Seymour Halpern was buried at Mount Lebanon Cemetery in the Glendale section of Queens.