Edwin Einstein

Representative from New York.

Edwin Einstein
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 7th district
In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881
Preceded by	Anthony Eickhoff
Succeeded by	P. Henry Dugro
Personal details
Born	November 18, 1842 (1842-11-18) Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Died	January 24, 1905 (1905-01-25) (aged 62) New York City, US
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Fanny Hendricks Einstein
Alma mater	College of the City of New York
Profession	Merchant, banker politician

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Einstein was son of Lamle 'Lewis' and Judith Einstein. He moved with his parents to New York City in 1846, worked as clerk in a store, and received a collegiate training in the College of the City of New York. He entered Union College, but did not graduate, and continued in mercantile pursuits. He married Fanny Hendricks. He went into a partnership with Louis Hirschhorn founding a cigar manufacturing business named Hirschhorn & Einstein.

Einstein was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth Congress, and served from March 4, 1879 to March 3, 1881. Not a candidate for renomination in 1880, he was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for mayor of New York City in 1892.

President of New River Mineral Company, Einstein was also director of Alabama Mineral Land Company, director of Raritan Woolen Mills, and trustee of Texas Pacific Land Trust. He was also Dock Commissioner of New York City in 1895.

Einstein died of heart trouble, in Manhattan, New York County, New York, on January 24, 1905 (age 62 years, 67 days). He is interred at Beth Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, New York.

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