Born in Yancherudnia, Ukraine, to one of the few literate men among the Jews of the village, en:Louis Waldman migrated to America as a teenager settling in New York City. After first attending engineering school and finally law school, he was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Socialist in 1917 and again in 1919. That year, all five Socialist members (August Claessens, Samuel Orr, Charles Solomon, and Sam Dewitt) were expelled in what became a lengthy court fight which was central to the struggle for civil liberties during the Red Scare.
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Born in Yancherudnia, Ukraine, to one of the few literate men among the Jews of the village, Waldman migrated to America as a teenager settling in New York City. After first attending engineering school and finally law school, he was elected to the New Yo