Leonard Farbstein

Leonard Farbstein (October 12, 1902 – November 9, 1993) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from New York City. Farbstein was born in New York City, and graduated from High School of Commerce. He attended City College of New York, Hebrew Union Teachers College, and graduated from New York University Law School, in 1924. He worked as a lawyer in his own private practice. Later, he became member of the New York state assembly from 1932-1956. Farbstein married Blossom Langer on September 18, 1947, with whom he bore a son Louis born in August, 1948. During the First World War Farbstein served in the United States Coast Guard Reserve. He was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1957-January 3, 1971). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1970, losing to Bella Abzug. He died on November 9, 1993, in New York, and was interred in Cedar Park Cemetery in Paramus, New Jersey.