Charles A. Schoeneck, Jr.

Charles August Schoeneck, Jr. (February 3, 1912 – August 19, 1989) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was born on February 3, 1912, in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York,^[1] the son of Charles August Schoeneck (1866–1954) and Louise Emma (Kappesser) Schoeneck (1870–1960). He attended the public schools. He graduated A.B. from Syracuse University in 1933; and LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1936. He was admitted to the bar in 1936, and practiced in Syracuse as a partner in Bond, Schoeneck & King. He married Elizabeth Ellen Brandt (1921–2008),^[2] and they had two children.

Schoeneck was a member of the New York State Assembly (Onondaga Co., 2nd D.) from 1955 to 1960, sitting in the 170th, 171st and 172nd New York State Legislatures. On July 1, 1959, he was appointed as Majority Leader of the Assembly. In November 1960, he ran for re-election, but was defeated by Democrat George P. Savage.

He was Chairman of the New York State Republican Committee from May 1967^[3] to April 1969.^[4]

He was a presidential elector in 1972, voting for Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew.

He died on August 19, 1989, in Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital in Syracuse, New York;^[5] and was buried at the Oakwood Cemetery there.

Sources

1. New York Red Book (1958–1959; pg. 228)
2. Obituary; Elizabeth Ellen Brandt Schoeneck in The Post–Standard, of Syracuse, on July 22, 2008
3. SCHOENECK PICKED AS G.O.P. CHAIRMAN in the New York Times on May 12, 1967 (subscription required)
4. Schoeneck, G.O.P. State Leader, Quits and Backs Lanigan for Post in the New York Times on April 29, 1969 (subscription required)
5. Charles A. Schoeneck Jr., 77, a Politician in the New York Times on August 21, 1989

External links

Charles A. Schoeneck, Jr. at Find a Grave