| 词条 | Alton Waldon |
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| name=Alton Waldon | image name=Alton Waldon.jpg | state1=New York | district1=6th | party=Democratic | term_start1=June 10, 1986 | term_end1=January 3, 1987 | preceded1=Joseph P. Addabbo | succeeded1=Floyd Flake | state_senate2= New York | district2= 10th | term_start2= January 1, 1991 | term_end2= January 1, 1999 | preceded2= Andrew Jenkins | succeeded2= Malcolm Smith | state_assembly3= New York | district3= 33rd | term_start3= January 1, 1983 | term_end3= June 10, 1986 | preceded3= John T. Flack | succeeded3= Barbara M. Clark | birth_name=Alton Ronald Waldon Jr. | birth_date={{Birth date and age|1936|12|21}} | birth_place=Lakeland, Florida | death_date= | death_place= | spouse= | children= | religion= | occupation=Judge | residence= | alma_mater=John Jay College | signature= }} Alton Ronald Waldon Jr. (born December 21, 1936) is an American politician from New York who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1986 to 1987 in addition to stints in the New York State Assembly from 1983 to 1986 and New York State Senate from 1991 to 2000, as a member of the Democratic Party. Early life and educationBorn in Lakeland, Florida, Waldon graduated from Boys High School in Brooklyn, New York in 1954 and went on to earn a B.S. from John Jay College in New York City in 1968 and a J.D. from New York Law School in New York City in 1973. CareerMilitary service and city careerWaldon served in the United States Army from 1956 to 1959. He was appointed as NYS Deputy Commissioner of Human Rights in 1975. He served as counsel in the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. New York State AssemblyHe was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1983 to 1986, sitting in the 185th and 186th New York State Legislatures. Waldon was a delegate to the 1984 and 1988 Democratic National Conventions. U.S. House of RepresentativesIn a special election to fill the New York's 6th congressional district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives vacated by the late Joseph P. Addabbo, Waldon was elected as a Democrat to the 99th United States Congress in 1986 and served from June 10, 1986, to January 3, 1987. Waldon became the first elected African-American member of Congress from Queens, New York.[1] In September 1986, Waldon ran for a full term, but was defeated in the Democratic primary—the real contest in this heavily Democratic, majority-black district—by Floyd H. Flake. Waldon was then appointed to the New York State Commission of Investigation. New York State SenateHe was a member of the New York State Senate from 1991 to 1999, sitting in the 189th, 190th, 191st, 192nd and 193rd New York State Legislatures. In 1998, he tried to regain his congressional seat after Flake had resigned, but was defeated in the special election by state assemblyman Gregory Meeks, who still represents the district. Judicial careerIn June 1999, he was nominated to the New York Court of Claims;[2]and was confirmed by the State Senate in December.[3] See also
Sources{{CongBio|W000038}}References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/31/nyregion/warmth-and-work-greet-waldon.html|title=Warmth and work greet Waldon|work=The New York Times|date=July 31, 1986|accessdate=December 29, 2017}} {{Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York}}{{s-start}}{{s-par|us-ny-hs}}{{succession box | title = New York State Assembly 2. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/09/nyregion/pataki-nominates-a-democrat-for-a-judgeship.html Pataki Nominates a Democrat for a Judgeship] by Jonathan P. Hicks, in The New York Times on June 9, 1999 3. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/26/nyregion/race-draws-unexpected-attention.html Race Draws Unexpected Attention] by Jonathan P. Hicks, in The New York Times on March 26, 2000 33rd District | before = John T. Flack | years = 1983–1986 | after = Barbara M. Clark}}{{s-par|us-hs}}{{USRepSuccessionBox | state = New York | district = 6 | before = Joseph P. Addabbo | after = Floyd H. Flake | years = 1986–1987}}{{s-par|us-ny-sen}}{{succession box | title = New York State Senate 10th District | before = Andrew Jenkins | years = 1991–1999 | after = Malcolm Smith}}{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Waldon, Alton R., Jr.}} 13 : Living people|Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)|African-American members of the United States House of Representatives|New York (state) Democrats|John Jay College of Criminal Justice alumni|New York Law School alumni|Members of the New York State Assembly|New York state senators|1936 births|Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives|New York (state) state court judges|African-American state legislators in New York (state)|Boys High School (Brooklyn) alumni |
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