Ira E. Rider
Ira E. Rider | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 14th district | |
In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 | |
Preceded by | William H. Douglas |
Succeeded by | Charles A. Towne |
Personal details | |
Born | Ira Edgar Rider November 17, 1868 Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. |
Died | May 29, 1906 New York City, U.S. | (aged 37)
Resting place | Calvary Cemetery |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | St. Lawrence University |
Profession | Attorney |
Ira Edgar Rider (November 17, 1868 – May 29, 1906) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1903 to 1905.
Biography
[edit]Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Rider attended the public schools and the College of the City of New York. He graduated from St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. Rider studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New York City. From 1898 to 1902, he served as secretary to Manhattan's borough president.
Congress
[edit]Rider was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905). Owing to ill health, he was not a candidate for renomination in 1904.
Later career and death
[edit]He resumed the practice of law and died in New York City, May 29, 1906. He was interred in Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, New York.
Electoral history
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ira E. Rider | 20,402 | 63.7% | |
Republican | Andrew J. Anderson | 8,492 | 26.5% | |
Social Democratic | William Ehret | 2,348 | 7.3% | |
Socialist Labor | Arthur Chambers | 647 | 2.0% | |
Liberty Bell Democratic | John J. M. Issing | 79 | 0.2% | |
Prohibition | John C. Wallace | 79 | 0.2% | |
Total votes | 32,047 | 100% |
References
[edit]- ^ The New York Red Book, 1903. Williams Press etc. 1903. p. 619. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
Sources
[edit]- United States Congress. "Ira E. Rider (id: R000242)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- 1868 births
- 1906 deaths
- 20th-century American legislators
- Politicians from Jersey City, New Jersey
- St. Lawrence University alumni
- American Roman Catholics
- Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Queens)
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
- New York University alumni
- 20th-century New York (state) politicians