Morris Michael Edelstein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Morris Michael Edelstein

American politician

Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1888

Place of Birth: Międzyrzec Podlaski, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 04-Jun-1941

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Morris Michael Edelstein (February 5, 1888 – June 4, 1941) was a Polish-born Congressional Representative from the state of New York.
Edelstein was born in Meseritz (Miedzyrzec Podlaski), Poland, and at three years of age immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in New York City.
He attended public schools and Cooper Union College in New York.
He graduated from the Brooklyn Law School of St.
Lawrence University, in 1909, and was admitted to the bar in 1910 and practiced law in New York.
Edelstein was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William I.
Sirovich.
He was reelected to the Seventy-seventh Congress and served from February 6, 1940, until his death on June 4, 1941, in the cloakroom of the House of Representatives, Washington, DC, after completing the delivery of a speech on the floor of the House.