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Ex-governor Herbert Lehman Elected to U.S. Senate; Will Be Sole Jewish Member

November 10, 1949
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Former New York Governor Herbert H. Lehman, who has long been active in United Jewish Appeal and Joint Distribution Committee activities and who served as director-general of the U.N.R.R.A. immediately after World War II, was elected to the U.S. Senate yesterday in a special New York State election. Senator-elect Lehman will be the only Jewish member of the present Senate. From 1907-1913, Simon Guggenheim, a Jew, represented the state of Colorado in the Senate.

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