Harold Charles Ostertag was a Republican

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 member of the United States House of Representatives

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 from New York

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Ostertag was born in Attica, New York

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. He graduated from the Chamberlain Military Institute in 1915 and served in France

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 during World War I

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. He worked for the New York Central Railroad

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 from 1917 until 1950. He was a member of the New York State Assembly

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 from 1932 until 1950. He was elected to Congress in 1950 and served from January 3, 1951 until January 3, 1965. He was a delegate to the 1952 Republican National Convention

1952 Republican National Convention

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, 1956 Republican National Convention

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 and the 1960 Republican National Convention

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. He died in Pompano Beach, Florida

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