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Elmer Rosenberg

1885 – 1951

American politician

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About Elmer Rosenberg

Lived 1885 – 1951 (aged 65–66). Elmer Rosenberg was an American politician and trade unionist.

Elmer Rosenberg (November 18, 1885 – April 10, 1951) was a Hungarian-American labor leader and politician from New York.

Life He was born in Újpest, which is now a district of Budapest, Hungary, and attended the public schools there. He emigrated to the United States in 1900, and became a cloth cutter in New York City. He graduated from Rand School of Social Science. He was President of Local 10 of the Amalgamated Ladies' Garment Cutters Union; and President of the Joint Board of the Cloak, Skirt and Reefer Makers' Union. He oversaw multiple strikes by textile workers and often participated in pay and working-condition discussions between garment unions and manufacturers.

He was a Socialist member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co., 6th D.) in 1918.

In 1920, he left New York City and moved to Lake Huntington, Sullivan County, New York, where he bought a boarding house. He married Rose Braverman.

His son, Robert Rosenberg, (b. 1925) was a history teacher and hotel owner. His daughter Esterita "Cissie" (Rosenberg) Blumberg (1928–2004) published a book of memoirs: Remember the Catskills: Tales of a Recovering Hotelkeeper (1997).

Rosenberg died in Miami, Florida on April 10, 1951.

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1885
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Member of the New York State Assembly

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Who was Elmer Rosenberg?

American politician

When was Elmer Rosenberg born?

Elmer Rosenberg was born in 1885.

When did Elmer Rosenberg die?

Elmer Rosenberg died on 1 April 1951.

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Elmer Rosenberg was a politician and trade unionist.

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Elmer Rosenberg was American.

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· Wikipedia: Elmer Rosenberg

· Wikidata: Q15998152

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