Morris Mohr Explained

Morris Mohr
State Assembly:New York
District:Bronx County, 3rd District
Term Start:1954
Term End:1956
Predecessor:Edward T. Galloway
Birth Date:1907
Death Place:1345 Shakespeare Avenue, The Bronx, New York
Spouse:Leah
Children:2
Relatives:Jerome Schutzer (son-in-law)
Residence:1345 Shakespeare Avenue
Occupation:lawyer and politician

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 County, 3rd District), 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.

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=-moLAQAAIAAJ&q=morris+mohr+bronx New York Red Book
  2. http://www.archives.com/1940-census/morris-mohr-ny-55776020 "Morris Mohr" in the 1940 U.S. census
  3. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9806E3DE133EE63ABC4A51DFBF66838D649EDE Morris Mohr, State Assemblyman, Dead