Andrew Lawrence Somers
American politician
Died when: 54 years 16 days (648 months)Star Sign: Aries
Andrew Lawrence Somers (March 21, 1895 – April 6, 1949) was an American Democratic politician who served as a U.S.Representative from New York from 1925 until his death.
He attended St.Teresa's Academy in Brooklyn, , Manhattan College, and New York University in New York City.He engaged in dry color and chemical business.
During World War I, he enlisted on July 18, 1917, as a hospital apprentice, second class, in the United States Naval Reserve Force.
Subsequently, he served as an ensign in the Naval Reserve Flying Corps and was then appointed a naval aviator on September 17, 1918.
He proceeded to foreign service on September 30, 1918, and served there until honorably discharged on March 4, 1919.In January 1942, he submitted a resolution in the House of Representatives calling on President Roosevelt to petition Great Britain "to take such action as may be necessary to permit the organization of all-Jewish military units in Palestine".
Somers died on April 6, 1949, at age 54.
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