Samuel Gejdenson

A Representative from Connecticut; born in Eschwege, Germany, in an American displaced persons camp, May 20, 1948; A.S., Mitchell Junior College, New London, 1968; B.A., University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn., 1970; farmer; broker, FAI Trading Co.; chairman, Bozrah Town Committee, 1973; member, Connecticut house of representatives, 1974-1978; president, Maria Montessori School of Norwich; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-seventh and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 2001); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Seventh Congress.