Alfred Florian Beiter (July 7, 1894 – March 11, 1974) was an American businessman and politician who served four terms as aUnited States Representative fromNew York from 1933 to 1939 and from 1941 to 1943. He was a Democrat.

Alfred Beiter
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's41st district
In office January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943
Preceded by	J. Francis Harter
Succeeded by	Joseph Mruk
In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
Preceded by	Edmund F. Cooke
Succeeded by	J. Francis Harter
Personal details
Born	Alfred Florian Beiter July 7, 1894 (1894-07-07) Clarence, New York, U.S.
Died	March 11, 1974 (1974-03-12) (aged 79) Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Resting place	Boca Raton Cemetery
Citizenship	United States
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Caroline A. Kibler Beiter
Alma mater	Niagara University
Profession	merchant politician

Beiter was born the son of Nicholas I and Elizabeth E Wyman Beiter inClarence,Erie County,New York. He attendedWilliamsville High School andNiagara University. He married Caroline A. Kibler on November 19, 1919.^[1]

After a move toWilliamsville, New York, Beiter engaged in the general merchandising business from 1915 to 1929. He was a supervisor of the town ofAmherst, New York, from 1930 to 1934.

Elected as aDemocrat to the Seventy-third and the two succeeding Congresses, Beiter was U. S. Representative for the forty-first district of New York from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1939; and was chairman of the Committee on War Claims during the Seventy-fifth Congress. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress, he was assistant to theUnited States Secretary of the Interior in 1939 and 1940. He was then elected to the Seventy-seventh Congress and served from January 3, 1941, to January 3, 1943,^[2] but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress.

Beiter owned and operated a hatchery and feed business inBuffalo, New York, from 1944 to 1948, and was president of the National Customs Service Association from 1949 to 1961. He finished his career as Deputy Commissioner of Customs for the Treasury Department inWashington, D.C., from 1961 to 1964. He resided inChevy Chase, Maryland. He moved toBoca Raton, Florida, upon his retirement.

Beiter died inBoca Raton,Palm Beach County, Florida, on March 11, 1974 (age 79 years, 247 days). He isinterred at Boca Raton Cemetery, Boca Raton, Florida.^[3]

• United States Congress."Alfred F. Beiter (id: B000320)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.