Joseph J. Hirsch
Encyclopedia
Joseph Joshua Hirsch was an American
furniture
salesman from Milwaukee who served one term as a Socialist
member of the Wisconsin State Senate
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on Aug. 27, 1888, and came to the United States "when but a small lad." He was educated in the public schools of New Jersey
and later graduated from an agricultural college. He came to Milwaukee at the age of fifteen, finding work as a furniture salesman by profession. He had never held a public office until.elected to the Senate.
of the City of Milwaukee) in 1920, to succeed fellow Socialist W. C. Zumach
(who was not a candidate for re-election. He was elected unopposed, receiving all but three of the 8,828 votes cast; and was assigned to the standing committee
on corporations. He was nominated for re-election in 1924, but withdrew as Socialist nominee and was replaced on the ticket by fellow Socialist Joseph Padway, , who succeeded him.
United States
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furniture
Furniture
Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things...
salesman from Milwaukee who served one term as a Socialist
Socialist Party of America
The Socialist Party of America was a multi-tendency democratic-socialist political party in the United States, formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party which had split from the main organization...
member of the Wisconsin State Senate
Wisconsin State Senate
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Background
Hirsch was born in RomaniaRomania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
on Aug. 27, 1888, and came to the United States "when but a small lad." He was educated in the public schools of New Jersey
New Jersey
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and later graduated from an agricultural college. He came to Milwaukee at the age of fifteen, finding work as a furniture salesman by profession. He had never held a public office until.elected to the Senate.
Service in the Senate
Hirsch was elected to the Senate for the 6th District (6th, 7th, 9th and 10th wardsWards of the United States
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of the City of Milwaukee) in 1920, to succeed fellow Socialist W. C. Zumach
W. C. Zumach
William C. Zumach was an American Socialist from Milwaukee who served one term as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate representing the Milwaukee-based 6th Senate district.- Background :...
(who was not a candidate for re-election. He was elected unopposed, receiving all but three of the 8,828 votes cast; and was assigned to the standing committee
Standing Committee
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on corporations. He was nominated for re-election in 1924, but withdrew as Socialist nominee and was replaced on the ticket by fellow Socialist Joseph Padway, , who succeeded him.