Daniel E. Button
| Daniel Evan Button | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 29th district |
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| In office January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971 |
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| Preceded by | Leo W. O'Brien |
| Succeeded by | Samuel S. Stratton |
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| Born | November 1, 1917 Dunkirk, New York |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Delmar, New York |
| Political party | Republican Party |
| Alma mater | University of Delaware Columbia University |
Daniel Evan Button (November 1, 1917 – March 7, 2009) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. He died aged 91 at Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York.[1]
Button was born in Dunkirk, New York. He graduated from the University of Delaware in 1938 and received a master's degree from Columbia University in 1939. He wrote for the Wilmington,(Del.) Morning News and the Associated Press from 1943 until 1947, when he turned to public relations at the University of Delaware. He was assistant to the president of the State University of New York from 1952 until 1958. He was executive editor of the Albany Times-Union from 1960 until 1966. He was elected to Congress in 1966 as a Republican in a traditionally heavily Democratic district and served from January 3, 1967 until January 3, 1971. Button first ran for the seat vacated by Democrat Leo W. O'Brien in 1966 and was reelected to a second term in 1968.[2] He unsuccessfully ran for a third term in 1970 as an outspoken critic of the Vietnam war. He was president of the national Arthritis Foundation (1971–75) and was editor of the national consumer magazine Science Digest (1976–80). He wrote a legislative study of John V. Lindsay (Random House 1965) and also published "Take City Hall" about Albany politics (2003). From 1994 to 2003 he was executive assistant to the president of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities in New York State. He was a resident of Delmar, New York when he died.
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- ↑ The Associated Press, "Daniel Button, Editor and Lawmaker, Is Dead at 91", The New York Times, The Associated Press, 2009-03-09, retrieved 2013-03-29.
- ↑ Ken Rudin, "Farewell To Button ... And Hello To Buttons!", National Public Radio, 2009-03-20, retrieved 2013-03-10.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 29th congressional district 1967–1971 |
Succeeded by Samuel S. Stratton |
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