Background
He was born on November 16, 1916, in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, the son of David Gordon (1885–1962) and Rose Gordon (1889–1977).
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Bernard Gordon
Edit Profilepolitician member of the New York State Senate
Education
He graduated from Syracuse University and Syracuse University College of Law.
Career
During World World War II he was a United States naval aviator. He practiced law in Peekskill, and entered politics as a Republican. In the Senate he was the driving force behind the Number-fault automobile insurance law enacted in 1973.
He died on May 4, 1978, at his home in Peekskill, New York, of cancer.
And was buried at the First Hebrew Cemetery in Cortlandt Manor.
Membership
Gordon was a Deputy Secretary of State of New York from 1959 to 1960. A member of the New York State Assembly (Westchester Company, 6th Doctorate) from 1961 to 1964, sitting in the 173rd and 174th New York State Legislatures. And a member of the New York State Senate from 1965 until his death in 1978, sitting in the 175th, 176th, 177th, 178th, 179th, 180th, 181st and 182nd New York State Legislatures.
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Nationality
United States