Bill Green
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew York
In office February 14, 1978 – January 3, 1993
Preceded by	Ed Koch
Succeeded by	Carolyn Maloney (redistricted)
Constituency	18th district (1978–1983) 15th district (1983–1993)
Member of theNew York State Assembly from the66th district
In office January 1, 1967 – December 31, 1968
Preceded by	Louis DeSalvio
Succeeded by	Stephen C. Hansen
Member of theNew York State Assembly from the72nd district
In office January 1, 1966 – December 31, 1966
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Charles Rangel
Member of theNew York State Assembly from theNew York County's 9th district
In office January 1, 1965 – December 31, 1965
Preceded by	John Brook
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	Sedgwick William Green (1929-10-16)October 16, 1929 New York City,New York, U.S.
Died	October 14, 2002(2002-10-14) (aged 72) New York City,New York, U.S.
Party	Republican
Spouse	Patricia Freiburg
Children	2
Education	Harvard University (BA,JD)

Sedgwick William Green (October 16, 1929 – October 14, 2002) was aRepublican member of theUnited States House of Representatives from New York. He represented a district covering most or all of Manhattan'sEast Side. To date, he is the last Republican to have represented Manhattan in the U.S. House.

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Bill Green was born on October 16, 1929, in New York City, the son of Louis A. Green and Evelyn (née Schoenberg) Green.^[1] His father was a wealthy investor who was one of the main shareholders inGrand Union, and Bill Green grew up inManhattan.^[2] He graduated from TheHorace Mann School in 1946,Harvard University in 1950, andHarvard Law School in 1953. From 1953 to 1955, he served in theUnited States Army. After leaving the army, he was legal secretary for U.S. Court of Appeals (D.C.) JudgeGeorge T. Washington before leaving to practice law.^{[citation needed]}From 1961-64, Green was the chief counsel to the New York Joint Legislative Committee on Housing and Urban Development. He was a member of theNew York State Assembly from 1965 to 1968, sitting in the175th,176th and177th New York State Legislatures. In 1968 he ran for Congress, but lost the Republican nomination toWhitney North Seymour Jr., who went on to be defeated by DemocratEd Koch.,^[3] Afterwards he was the New York City director of theUnited States Department of Housing and Urban Development.^{[citation needed]}

Green was elected as aRepublican to the95th United States Congress, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofEd Koch,^[4] and was re-elected to the96th,97th,98th,99th,100th,101st and102nd United States Congresses, holding office from February 14, 1978, to January 3, 1993. A mostly liberal Republican, he was one of the few members of his party to have a long run in office from a city long dominated byDemocrats.^{[citation needed]}

However, the East Side-based district, long considered a bastion of moderate Republicans, had been trending Democratic at the national level for some time. Redistricting in 1992 made his district friendlier to Democrats, as it gained some heavily Democratic portions of Queens and Brooklyn. As a result, he narrowly lost his re-election bid that year to New York City CouncilwomanCarolyn Maloney.^[5] Green sought the Republican nomination forGovernor of New York in1994, but was defeated by State SenatorGeorge Pataki.^[6]

As of 2024^[update], Green is the last Republican to represent any part of Manhattan in Congress. The Republicans have only made one substantive bid for the seat–renumbered as the 12th in 2013–since Green left office, and have never cracked the 40 percent barrier in the district.

Green and his wife, the former Patricia Freiburg, had two children. He died from liver cancer at a hospital in Manhattan on October 14, 2002, two days before his 73rd birthday.^[7]

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