Samuel Friedman

Career

He twice ran unsuccessfully for Vice President of the United States on the Socialist Party of America ticket. Friedman frequently ran in New York for state senator, lieutenant governor, New York City controller and City Council president He earned his living as a journalist and public relations agent.

On March 17, 1990, Friedman died in New York City from pneumonia.

Achievements

• They won 20,203 votes in 1952 and received 2,044 votes in 1956. Friedman never won.

Politics

In the 1952, the Socialist National Party Congress nominated Friedman to run alongside its presidential candidate, Darlington Hoopes.

Membership

He was also an early member of and longtime visitor to the Three Arrows Cooperative Society.