Samuel Friedel

Rep. Samuel Friedel, 1953 from Congressional Pictorial Directory

Samuel Nathaniel Friedel (April 18, 1898 – March 21, 1979), a Democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the 7th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1953 to January 3, 1971.

Born in Washington, D.C., to Russian-Jewish immigrants,^[1] Friedel moved with his family to Baltimore, Maryland, when he was six months old and attended the public schools in Baltimore and Strayer Business College. He worked as a mailing clerk in a Baltimore store from 1919 to 1923.

In 1926, Friedel founded the Industrial Loan Co., serving as president until 1956. Friedel served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1935 to 1939 and served as a member of the city council of Baltimore from 1939 to 1952, representing the first and later the fifth district. He served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1964 and 1968.

Friedel was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1953 until January 3, 1971. While in congress, he served as chairman of the Committee on House Administration (Ninetieth and Ninety-first Congresses), the Joint Committee on the Library (Ninety-first Congress) and the Joint Committee on Printing (Ninety-first Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress.

Friedel died in Towson, Maryland and is buried in the Hebrew Friendship Cemetery in Baltimore.

See also

• List of Jewish members of the United States Congress

References

• United States Congress. "Samuel Friedel (id: F000384)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.