Jeremiah B. Bloom

Jeremiah B. Bloom (May 25, 1913 – October 2, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was born on May 25, 1913, in New York City. He attended Brooklyn Evening Technical High School. He graduated from St. John's University and St. John's University School of Law. During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy as a chief petty officer. He married Dorothy Sotland, and they had one son.

Bloom was a member of the New York City Council from 1950 to 1957.^[1][2]

He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1958 to 1978, sitting in the 171st, 172nd, 173rd, 174th, 175th, 176th, 177th, 178th, 179th, 180th, 181st and 182nd New York State Legislatures. In 1978, he challenged Hugh Carey in the Democratic primary for Governor of New York, but was defeated.^[3]

In 1980, he supported Republican Ronald Reagan for U.S. President.^[4]

He died on October 2, 1983, in St. Clare's Hospital in Manhattan, after a heart attack;^[5] and was buried at Mount Lebanon Cemetery in Glendale, Queens.

Sources

1. Tenney Investigates Councilman Bloom On Outside Activity in the New York Times on July 12, 1957 (subscription required)
2. BLOOM IS CLEARED OF ETHICS CHARGE in the New York Times on July 13, 1957 (subscription required)
3. Bloom Insists He Won't Back Out of Battle in the New York Times on July 27, 1978 (subscription required)
4. Bloom Agrees to Head Democrats for Reagan in the New York Times on August 5, 1980 (subscription required)
5. JEREMIAH B. BLOOM, 70, DEAD; EX-STATE SENATOR OF BROOKLYN in the New York Times on October 4, 1983

External links

Jeremiah B. Bloom at Find a Grave