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Martin C. Ansorge
Martin Charles Ansorge (January 1, 1882 – February 4, 1967) was an American politician who was a United States representative from New York from 1921 to 1923.
The son of Mark Perry Ansorge and Jennie Bach Ansorge, Martin Ansorge was born into a Jewish household in Corning, Steuben County, New York on January 1, 1882.
He attended the public schools and the College of the City of New York. He graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in 1903, and Columbia Law School in 1906. He was admitted to the bar in 1906 and commenced practice in Manhattan, New York City.
Ansorge was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for election to Congress in 1912, 1914, and 1916. In his bid for the 21st District Congressional Seat in 1916, Ansorge's campaign slogan was "Feed America First", advocating the necessity of an embargo upon shipment abroad of foodstuffs needed for the consumption of American people, taking a stand on international trade negotiations and import tariffs post World War I. He declined the Republican nomination for Congress in 1918.
During the First World War Ansorge enlisted as a private in the United States Army. He was assigned to the Motor Transport Corps; Ansorge was stationed at Camp Meigs in what is now the Brentwood neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and intended to serve in France. The armistice took place before he left the country, and he was honorably discharged at the end of the war.
He was the first chairman of the Triborough Bridge Committee, a position he held from 1918 to 1921.
Ansorge was elected as a Republican to the 67th United States Congress (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923). He lost reelection to the 68th United States Congress in 1922 by the margin of 345 votes, and unsuccessfully contested the victory of Royal H. Weller. In the contest proceedings, he won dismissal of an injunction prevent the opening of the ballot boxes; the subsequent recount reduced Weller's margin of victory, but Weller still won the seat by 10 votes.
As a Congressman, Ansorge was influential in the attempted passage of the first-ever federal anti-lynching legislation. His work on the matter was eventually incorporated into the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, which would make lynching a federal crime. Shortly after an Ansorge speech in support of the bill, Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler wrote to Ansorge: "You are making a fine and highly patriotic record in the House, and your friends are proud of you". The bill passed the House, 230 to 119, but was filibustered in the Senate by Southern Democrats and never became law.
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Martin C. Ansorge
Martin Charles Ansorge (January 1, 1882 – February 4, 1967) was an American politician who was a United States representative from New York from 1921 to 1923.
The son of Mark Perry Ansorge and Jennie Bach Ansorge, Martin Ansorge was born into a Jewish household in Corning, Steuben County, New York on January 1, 1882.
He attended the public schools and the College of the City of New York. He graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in 1903, and Columbia Law School in 1906. He was admitted to the bar in 1906 and commenced practice in Manhattan, New York City.
Ansorge was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for election to Congress in 1912, 1914, and 1916. In his bid for the 21st District Congressional Seat in 1916, Ansorge's campaign slogan was "Feed America First", advocating the necessity of an embargo upon shipment abroad of foodstuffs needed for the consumption of American people, taking a stand on international trade negotiations and import tariffs post World War I. He declined the Republican nomination for Congress in 1918.
During the First World War Ansorge enlisted as a private in the United States Army. He was assigned to the Motor Transport Corps; Ansorge was stationed at Camp Meigs in what is now the Brentwood neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and intended to serve in France. The armistice took place before he left the country, and he was honorably discharged at the end of the war.
He was the first chairman of the Triborough Bridge Committee, a position he held from 1918 to 1921.
Ansorge was elected as a Republican to the 67th United States Congress (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923). He lost reelection to the 68th United States Congress in 1922 by the margin of 345 votes, and unsuccessfully contested the victory of Royal H. Weller. In the contest proceedings, he won dismissal of an injunction prevent the opening of the ballot boxes; the subsequent recount reduced Weller's margin of victory, but Weller still won the seat by 10 votes.
As a Congressman, Ansorge was influential in the attempted passage of the first-ever federal anti-lynching legislation. His work on the matter was eventually incorporated into the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, which would make lynching a federal crime. Shortly after an Ansorge speech in support of the bill, Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler wrote to Ansorge: "You are making a fine and highly patriotic record in the House, and your friends are proud of you". The bill passed the House, 230 to 119, but was filibustered in the Senate by Southern Democrats and never became law.