Edmund Seidel
Edmund Seidel was a German-American newspaper editor and politician from New York who served as the first Socialist member of the New York State Senate from 1921 to 1922.
Life
Seidel was born in the German Empire and emigrated with his family to the United States in 1882. He attended the common schools in Philadelphia.He ran on the Socialist [Labor Party of America|Socialist Labor] ticket for the New York Court of Appeals in the 1908, 1912 and 1914 state elections; and for New York City">New York (state)">New York City in the 1917 [New York City mayoral election]. After the death of Daniel DeLeon in 1914, Seidel became the chief editor of the official Socialist Labor newspaper The People, but was ousted in 1918 for advocating a merger with the Socialist Party.
Seidel eventually joined the Socialist Party and was elected a member of the New York State Senate on the Socialist ticket in 1920, representing the New York's 22nd [State Senate district|22nd district] in the 144th [New York State Legislature|144th] and 145th New York State Legislatures. In 1921, he ran unsuccessfully for Borough President of the Bronx, and in 1927 he ran unsuccessfully for the New [York City Board of Aldermen|Board of Aldermen].