Louis Bennett (Bronx)

Louis Bennett (died March 30, 1959) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the District of New Jersey.[1]

Bennett was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1939 to 1948, sitting in the 162nd, 163rd, 164th, 165th and 166th New York State Legislatures.

He was a member of the New York State Senate (26th D.) in 1949. He resigned his seat on July 22, 1949,[2] to run for the New York City Municipal Court.[3]

He was a Justice of the Municipal Court from 1950 until his death in 1959.

He died on March 30, 1959;[4] and was buried at the Mount Carmel Cemetery in Flushing, Queens.

Sources

  1. New York Red Book (1949; pg. 81)
  2. Elected Public Officials of the Bronx since 1898 (2014; pg. 11)
  3. BAR UNIT ADOPTS JUDICIAL LISTINGS in the New York Times on October 19, 1949 (subscription required)
  4. Obituary; BENNETT, Hon. LOUIS in the New York Times on April 1, 1959 (subscription required)
New York Assembly
Preceded by
Gerard J. Muccigrosso
New York State Assembly
Bronx County, 7th District

1939–1944
Succeeded by
Louis Peck
Preceded by
John A. Devany, Jr.
New York State Assembly
Bronx County, 8th District

1945–1948
Succeeded by
John T. Satriale
New York State Senate
Preceded by
Isidore Dollinger
New York State Senate
26th District

1949
Succeeded by
Nathaniel T. Helman


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