lentol retired after 2 terms (described as “colorless”) but his son repped the area for 24 years & his grandson joe for 48, at best as a milquetoast backbencher, at worst repping air bnb & lyft. excited for @em4assembly to restore the seat to its former socialist glory! (10/11)
credit for most of this stuff to the amazing @BklynEagle archives. also books like journal of the assembly of the state of NY, the NY red book, the socialists in the NY assembly. and whitehorn's own writing in "the class struggle" can be found here: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/class-struggle/index.htm
a bonus good point on that 1918 election—it was part of a dem wave that took a lot of seats back (2 from socialists and 3 from republicans in brooklyn alone)
https://twitter.com/mahoneyw/status/1285939943018319872?s=21 https://twitter.com/mahoneyw/status/1285939943018319872
another great thread on the family dynasty from @r0bhimself https://twitter.com/r0bhimself/status/1285933633098985480?s=21 https://twitter.com/r0bhimself/status/1285933633098985480
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