Loring Milton Black

Democrat Representative of New York's 5th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

May 17, 1886 (70 years old)

Birthday

May 21, 1956

Death

Served six terms as a United States representative from New York from 1923 to 1935
Was a lawyer by profession
Graduated from Fordham University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1907 and attended Columbia Law School from 1907 to 1909
Served in the New York State Senate in 1911 and 1912, and again in 1919 and 1920, earning the nickname “Kid Senator”
Opposed prohibition and was a leader of the “wet bloc” in Congress
Served as chairman of the Committee on Claims in the 72nd and 73rd Congresses
Resumed practicing law in New York City and Washington, D.C. after leaving Congress
Died of a heart attack while shopping in a Washington, D.C. drugstore in 1956
Was married twice, first to Beatrice Marie Eddy and had children, later divorced and remarried to Laura Spencer