About Alexander Braunstein
Lived 1868 – 1928 (aged 60). Alexander Braunstein was an American politician.
Alexander Braunstein (February 24, 1868 – June 24, 1928) was a Caucasian-born Jewish-American pharmacist, educator and politician who served as a Socialist member of the New York City Board of Aldermen, representing The Bronx's 32nd district from 1918 to 1921.
Braunstein was a delegate to the 1919 Emergency National Convention of the SPA, where he was allied with the right-wing Old Guard faction. After he left office, he became a pharmacist and taught economics at the New York University School of Commerce. He died at his pharmacy in Yonkers, New York on June 24, 1928.
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Who was Alexander Braunstein?
American socialist politician
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Alexander Braunstein was born on 24 February 1868.
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Alexander Braunstein died on 24 June 1928.
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