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John Kissel (New York politician)

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John Kissel
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923
Preceded byJohn MacCrate
Succeeded byGeorge W. Lindsay
Member of the New York State Senate from the 9th district
In office
January 1, 1909 – December 31, 1910
Preceded byConrad Hasenflug
Succeeded byFelix J. Sanner
Personal details
Born(1864-07-31)July 31, 1864
New York City, U.S.
DiedOctober 3, 1938(1938-10-03) (aged 74)
New York City, U.S.
Resting placeLutheran Cemetery, New York City, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
ProfessionPolitician, newspaper publisher

John Kissel (July 31, 1864, in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York – October 3, 1938, in Brooklyn, New York City) was an American newspaper publisher and politician from New York.

Life

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He attended public and private schools and served as a clerk in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He learned the printing trade and published the Kings County Republican from 1889 to 1914. Kissel became a member of the New York State Republican Committee in 1886; was Clerk to the Board of Supervisors of Kings County in 1894 and 1895; and engaged in the brewery business.

Kissel was a presidential elector in 1900.[1]

He was a member of the New York State Senate (9th D.) in 1909 and 1910; and organized, and for fifteen years conducted at his own expense, the first free labor bureau in the United States, which was subsequently merged into the United States Employment Service.

He was elected as a Republican to the 67th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1921, to March 3, 1923. Afterwards, he became a general tax consultant with offices in Brooklyn and was employed as an attendant at the Empire State Building.

He died on October 3, 1938, in Brooklyn, and was buried at the Lutheran Cemetery in Glendale, Queens.

References

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  1. ^ "Electors to Cast Vote". New-York Tribune. Vol. LX, no. 19783. New York, N.Y. January 14, 1901. p. 1 – via Chronicling America.
New York State Senate
Preceded by New York State Senate
9th District

1909–1910
Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 3rd congressional district

1921–1923
Succeeded by