Background
He was born in Újpest, which is now a district of Budapest, Hungary, and attended the public schools there.
He was born in Újpest, which is now a district of Budapest, Hungary, and attended the public schools there.
He graduated from Rand School of Social Science.
He emigrated to the United States in 1900, and became a cloth cutter in New York City. He was President of Local 10 of the Amalgamated Ladies" Garment Cutters Union. And President of the Joint Board of the Cloak, Skirt and Reefer Makers" Union.
He led several garment workers" strikes and frequently took part in negotiations of wages and working conditions between garment unions and manufacturers.
In 1920, he left New York City and moved to Lake Huntington, Sullivan County, New York, where he bought a boarding house.
He was a Socialist member of the New York State Assembly (New York Company, 6th Doctorate) in 1918.