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Maxwell E. Seidman

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Maxwell Edward Seidman (April 18, 1898 – November 17, 1950) was a Philadelphia lawyer and Democratic politician.

Seidman was born in Philadelphia in 1898, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants Isaac and Jennie Seidman.{{sfn|1910 Census}} By the time of Seidman's birth, his father was working as a real estate agent.{{sfn|1910 Census}} He attended South Philadelphia High School and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.{{sfn|Inquirer 1950}} After Wharton, Seidman stayed at Penn for law school, graduating in the 1920s and starting his own practice.{{sfn|Inquirer 1950}}

Initially a Republican, Seidman joined the Democratic Party in 1933 as a part of John B. Kelly, Sr.'s "independent Democratic" faction.{{sfn|Inquirer 1950}} When Democrat George Howard Earle III was elected governor in 1934, he appointed Seidman as a special deputy attorney general, working with the state banking department and the state board of motion picture censors.{{sfn|Inquirer 1949a}}

Seidman became the Democratic leader of the 1st ward and, in 1949, was nominated for Philadelphia City Council in a special election to fill a vacancy created by the death of Republican councilman Frank X. O'Connor.{{sfn|Inquirer 1949a}} Seidman won, narrowly defeating his Republican opponent, Roman Catholic High School football coach Joseph A. Graham, Jr.{{sfn|Inquirer 1949b}} He joined Harry Norwitch as one of only two Democrats in the 22-member council.{{sfn|Inquirer 1949b}}

Seidman's tenure on City Council was brief. While visiting New York City on November 17, 1950, he suffered a heart attack and died at the age of 53.{{sfn|Inquirer 1950}} He was buried in Mount Sharon Cemetery in Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.{{sfn|Inquirer 1950}}

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{{cite web | url = https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&h=113559521&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=6061 | title = 1910 United States Federal Census, T624_1385, page 16A |publisher = Ancestry.com | accessdate = September 25, 2018 |ref={{sfnRef|1910 Census}} }}
{{cite news | title=Democrats Name 2 For Council | work=The Philadelphia Inquirer | date=October 5, 1949 | page=2 | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/174441757/ | via=Newspapers.com | ref={{sfnRef|Inquirer 1949a}} }}
{{cite news | title=Democrats Take 2 Council Seats | work=The Philadelphia Inquirer | date=November 9, 1949 | pages=1, 3 | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/173780370 | via=Newspapers.com | ref={{sfnRef|Inquirer 1949b}} }}
{{cite news |title=M.E. Seidman, Councilman, Dies |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=November 19, 1950 |pages=1, 15 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168080331/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|Inquirer 1950}} }}

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