About Barnet Wolff
Lived 1878 – 1944 (aged 65). Barnet Wolff was an American politician.
Barnet Wolff (November 26, 1878 – August 15, 1944) was a French-born American labor leader and politician who served as a Socialist member of the New York City Board of Aldermen, representing Brooklyn's 59th district from 1918 to 1919.
After he left office, he became manager of the International Pocketbook Workers' Union, vice chairman and treasurer of the Workmen's Circle, and director of the Circle's sanitarium in Liberty, New York. He died at his home in Queens, New York on August 15, 1944.
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Who was Barnet Wolff?
American socialist politician
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Barnet Wolff was born on 26 November 1878.
When did Barnet Wolff die?
Barnet Wolff died on 15 August 1944.
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Barnet Wolff was a politician.
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Barnet Wolff was American.
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