Samuel N. Friedel (Congressman)

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Samuel Nathaniel Friedel

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death: March 21, 1979 (80)
Towson, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States
Place of Burial: Baltimore, Maryland
Immediate Family:

Son of Samuel N. Friedel; Philip Friedel; Annie Friedel and Rose Frankel Friedel
Husband of Bertha T. Friedel and Regina Johnson Friedel
Brother of Gilbert I. Friedel; Nathaniel Friedel; Norman Friedel; Goldye Friedel Aronstein; Sylvia Friedel Cowan and 5 others

Occupation: U.S. Congressman
Managed by: Private User
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About Samuel N. Friedel (Congressman)

Sam Friedel was a Democratic congressman who represented the 7th Congressional District of Maryland from January 3, 1953 to January 3, 1971.

Born in Washington, D.C., he moved with his family to Baltimore when he was six months old and attended public schools there and Strayer Business College. He worked as a mailing clerk in a Baltimore store from 1919 to 1923. In 1926, he founded the Industrial Loan Co and served as president until 1956.

Sam served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1935 to 1939 and as a member of the Baltimore City Council from 1939 to 1952, representing the first and later the fifth district. He served as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1964 and 1968.

He died in Towson, Maryland and is buried in the Hebrew Friendship Cemetery in Baltimore.

Here is a link to his official Congressional biography: http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000384

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Samuel N. Friedel (Congressman)'s Timeline

1898
April 18, 1898
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
1979
March 21, 1979
Age 80
Towson, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States
March 23, 1979
Age 80
Hebrew Friendship Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland