Samuel S. Koenig

Koenig was born on September 7, 1872, in Eger. He came to the United States as a small boy with his parents, and they settled in New York City. He attended public schools until age 13, then worked as a clerk. While working by day, he studied law in the evening and graduated from New York University Law School in 1896. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen on August 19, 1890. == Career ==

In 1891, he entered Republican politics as a campaigner for Jacob Sloat Fassett, who was defeated in his run for governor. From then on, he was continuously involved in ward politics, eventually becoming the Leader in the Sixth Ward, and managed to get Republican Gustave Hartman elected to the New York State Assembly in 1904 and 1905 in a heavily Democratic district. He was Secretary of State of New York{{cite book |last=Washington |first=Booker T. |editor-last1=Harlan |editor-first1=Louis R. |editor-last2=Smock |editor-first2=Raymond W. |title=The Booker T. Washington Papers |volume=10: 1909–1911 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |location=Urbana and London |year=1981 |page=559 |isbn=9780252011528 |url=https://archive.org/details/bookertwashingto0010wash |url-access=registration |via=Internet Archive '', October 4, 1908)|277x277px He was a delegate to the 1908, 1912, 1916, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948 and 1952 Republican National Conventions. From 1915 to 1933, he was Chairman of the New York County Republican Committee. In 1930, he was a member of the New York State Republican Committee. He was a delegate to the New York State convention to ratify the 21st Amendment in 1933. == Personal life and death ==

Koenig married Sadie Prince on June 26, 1898 in Manhattan. The couple had one son named Raphel. His brother Morris Koenig was appointed a city magistrate of New York City in 1915. He died at his home at 107 West 86th Street in Manhattan on March 17, 1955. He was buried at the Union Field Cemetery in Ridgewood, Queens. ==References==