Charles Solomon (politician)
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Charles Solomon was an American socialist lawyer, politician and judge from New York City, elected to the New York State Assembly in 1919 and expelled with four of his fellows on the first day of the
Solomon c. 1933
Page from The New Leader advertising Solomon's candidacy in the 1933 New York City mayoral election
Solomon and several other prominent New York politicos c. 1938. Seated (L-R): Joseph Weinberg, Dr. Chaim Zhitlowsky, Baruch Charney Vladeck, and Fiorello LaGuardia. Standing: Joseph Baskin, David Dubinsky, Judge Jacob Panken, and Judge Charles Solomon.
Samuel Orr
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Samuel Orr was a Polish-American socialist politician from New York City best remembered for being one of the five elected members of the Socialist Party of America expelled by the New York State Asse
Charles Solomon (politician)
…the session of 1920, Speaker Thaddeus C. Sweet and the Republican majority suspended Solomon and the other four Socialist members (viz. Louis Waldman, Samuel Orr, August Claessens and Sam DeWitt) for alleged disloyalty due to membership in the Socialist Party of America. A lengthy trial before the Judiciary…
Orr in 1920
Orr's official State Assembly portrait, 1918
Orr c. 1953