Edwin Einstein
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's7th district
In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881
Preceded by	Anthony Eickhoff
Succeeded by	P. Henry Dugro
Personal details
Born	November 18, 1842 (1842-11-18) Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Died	January 24, 1905 (1905-01-25) (aged 62) New York City, US
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Fanny Hendricks Einstein
Alma mater	College of the City of New York
Profession	Merchant, banker politician

Edwin Einstein (November 18, 1842 – January 24, 1905) was an American politician and aU.S. Representative fromNew York.

Born inCincinnati, Ohio, Einstein was son of Lamle 'Lewis' and Judith Einstein. He moved with his parents toNew York City in 1846, worked as clerk in a store, and received a collegiate training in theCollege of the City of New York. He enteredUnion College, but did not graduate, and continued in mercantile pursuits. He married Fanny Hendricks. He went into a partnership with Louis Hirschhorn founding a cigar manufacturing business namedHirschhorn & Einstein.^[1]

Einstein was elected as aRepublican to theForty-sixth Congress, and served from March 4, 1879, to March 3, 1881.^[2] Not a candidate for renomination in 1880, he was an unsuccessful Republican candidate formayor of New York City in 1892.

President of New River Mineral Company, Einstein was also director of Alabama Mineral Land Company, director ofRaritan Woolen Mills, and trustee of Texas Pacific Land Trust. He was also Dock Commissioner of New York City in 1895.^[3]

Einstein died of heart trouble, in Manhattan, New York County, New York, on January 24, 1905 (age 62 years, 67 days). He isinterred at Beth Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, New York.^[4]

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