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  Dorn, Francis E.
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NameFrancis E. Dorn
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Brooklyn, New York , United States
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Born April 18, 1911
Died September 17, 1987 (76 years)
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Infoborn in Brooklyn, N.Y., April 18, 1911; attended St. Augustine and Bishop McLaughlin Memorial High Schools; was graduated from Fordham University in 1932 and from the law school of the same university in 1935; also studied government at New York University in 1936; was admitted to the bar in 1936 and began practice in Brooklyn, N.Y.; elected to the State assembly in 1940 but resigned to enlist in the United States Navy in 1941; served four years overseas and was discharged in 1946 as a lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve, later being promoted to commander; assistant attorney general, State of New York, 1946-1950; engaged in the private practice of law since 1950; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1961); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress, and for election in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Brooklyn; founder of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation; was a resident of Brooklyn until his death in New York City, September 17, 1987; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.


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  11/06/1962 NY District 15 Lost 49.83% (-0.35%)
  09/06/1962 NY District 15 - R Primary Won 84.14% (+72.27%)
  11/07/1961 Brooklyn Borough President Lost 31.52% (-25.25%)
  11/08/1960 NY District 12 Lost 49.58% (-0.84%)
  11/04/1958 NY District 12 Won 52.67% (+12.78%)
  11/06/1956 NY District 12 Won 57.60% (+15.21%)
  11/02/1954 NY District 12 Won 51.31% (+2.62%)
  11/04/1952 NY District 12 Won 52.68% (+7.11%)
  11/07/1950 NY District 7 Lost 36.47% (-20.51%)
  02/15/1949 NY District 7 Special Lost 38.68% (-16.16%)
  11/02/1948 NY District 7 Lost 33.37% (-33.26%)
  11/05/1940 NY Assembly - Kings 10 Won 49.23% (+3.73%)
  11/02/1937 NY Assembly - Kings 10 Lost 36.96% (-18.61%)
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