Julius Ansel

Julius Ansel (March 27, 1908 – March 13, 1965) was an American politician who was a member of the Boston City Council from 1948 to 1951, the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1953 to 1955 and again from 1959 to 1965,

Ansel was born in Vilnius, Russian Empire, to Hyman Ansel, who worked as a grocer in Boston, and Bertha Ansel. He immigrated to the United States in 1910 and became a citizen in the 1920s. He left school after the eighth grade. He was wounded in France during World War II and was awarded the Bronze Star.

Ansel died in Carney Hospital in Dorchester, aged 57, after suffering a heart attack.