Leo Isacson
was born in New York City on 20th April
1910. He graduated from New York University in 1931 and became a lawyer.
In 1936
the American
Labor Party
was formed
by left-wing supporters of Franklin
D. Roosevelt and
the New
Deal.
Two years later Vito
Marcantonio was elected to Congress where
he represented East Harlem's 20th District. He was joined by Isacson
in 1948.
In
the 1948 presidential elections the American
Labor Party
gave
its support to Henry
Wallace and
the Progressive
Party.
Isacson was defeated when attempting to be elected to the 81st Congress
in 1948.
Isacson returned to work
as a lawyer but later became professor of political science at Nova
University. Leo
Isacson died in Florida
on 28th September 1996.
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