Leon Sacks | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's1st district | |
| In office January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943 | |
| Preceded by | Harry C. Ransley |
| Succeeded by | James A. Gallagher |
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| Born | (1902-10-07)October 7, 1902 |
| Died | March 11, 1972(1972-03-11) (aged 69) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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| Allegiance |  United States |
| Years of service | 1943–1946 |
| Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Leon Sacks (October 7, 1902 – March 11, 1972) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as aDemocratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania from 1937 to 1943.
Leon Sacks was born inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania, the son ofRussian-Jewish immigrants.[1] He graduated from theWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1923, and from the law department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1926.
He commenced the practice of law in Philadelphia in 1926. He was appointed deputyAttorney General of Pennsylvania in February 1935 and served until January 1937. He was elected as a member of the Democratic State committee in 1936 and served until 1942.
He was elected in1936 as a Democrat to the75th United States Congress and to the two succeeding Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1942.
Sacks served atArmy Air ForcesEastern Flying Training Command, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, from January 4, 1943, to January 10, 1946, when resumed the practice of his profession.
He was a member of State Veterans Commission from 1951 to 1969, and the chairman of the registration commission of Philadelphia from 1952 to 1965. He was a member ofMilitary Reservations Commission from 1957 to 1967.
On March 11, 1972, Sacks died in Philadelphia at the age of 69.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 1st congressional district 1937 - 1943 | Succeeded by |
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