Background
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Einstein was son of Lamle "Lewis" and Judith Einstein.
United States representative politician
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Einstein was son of Lamle "Lewis" and Judith Einstein.
City College of New New York New York University; Union College.
He entered Union College, but did not graduate, and continued in mercantile pursuits. Einstein was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth Congress, and served from March 4, 1879 to March 3, 1881. Not a candidate for renomination in 1880, he was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for mayor of New York City in 1892.
President of New River Mineral Company, Einstein was also director of Alabama Mineral Land Company, director of Raritan Woolen Mills, and trustee of Texas Pacific Land Trust.
He was also Dock Commissioner of New York City in 1895. Einstein died of heart trouble, in Manhattan, New York County, New York, on January 24, 1905 (age 62 years, 67 days).
He is interred at Beth Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, New New York