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  Reid, Ogden R.
CANDIDATE DETAILS
AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NameOgden R. Reid
Address
Purchase, New York , United States
EmailNone
WebsiteNone
Born June 24, 1925
DiedMarch 02, 2019 (93 years)
Contributornystate63
Last ModifedJuan Croniqueur
Mar 10, 2024 05:36am
Tags Army - Military Reserve -
Infoborn in New York City, June 24, 1925; student, Deerfield Academy, 1940-1943; Yale University, A.B., 1949; fellow of Brandeis University and Bar-Ilan University, Israel; associated with the New York Herald-Tribune as president of Societe Anonyme and president, editor and director, 1953-1959; enlisted as a private in the United States Army in 1943 and discharged as a first lieutenant in 1946; captain, United States Army Reserve, inactive; United States Ambassador to Israel, 1959-1961; chairman, New York State Commission for Human Rights, 1961-1962; trustee, Hampton Institute; member of advisory council, School of International Affairs, Columbia University; vice president of National Institute of Social Sciences; director of Atlantic Council of the United States; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses; changed party affiliation to Democrat effective March 22, 1972; reelected as a Democrat to the Ninety-third Congress (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1975); was not a candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress, but was a candidate for nomination for Governor of New York until he withdrew from the race; commissioner of Environmental Conservation for the State of New York from January 1975 to May 1976; is a resident of Purchase, N.Y


JOB APPROVAL POLLS

BOOKS
Title Purchase Contributor

EVENTS
Start Date End Date Type Title Contributor

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Mar 23, 1972 10:20am News Ogden Reid Switches Parties  Not Available Chronicler 

DISCUSSION
Importance? 6.50000 Average

FAMILY
Father Ogden M. Reid 1882-1947
Grandfather Whitelaw Reid 1837-1912
Grandmother Elisabeth Mills Reid 1858-1931

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  11/08/1983 Westchester County Executive Special Lost 40.11% (-17.70%)
  11/07/1972 NY District 24 Won 52.21% (+4.43%)
  03/22/1972 NY District 26 - Party Switch Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/03/1970 NY District 26 Won 66.38% (+48.42%)
  06/22/1970 NY District 26 - R Primary Won 53.56% (+7.12%)
  11/05/1968 NY District 26 Won 68.11% (+45.06%)
  11/08/1966 NY District 26 Won 69.32% (+43.93%)
  11/03/1964 NY District 26 Won 54.89% (+12.66%)
  11/06/1962 NY District 26 Won 60.91% (+21.82%)
  09/06/1962 NY District 26 - R Primary Won 54.38% (+8.77%)
  06/05/1959 US Ambassador to Israel Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
ENTERED, DROPPED OUT
  09/10/1974 NY Governor - D Primary Lost 0.00% (-60.78%)
SPECULATIVE, DID NOT RUN
  09/10/1968 NY US Senate - Appointment Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
ENDORSEMENTS
US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 19, 1974 R Nelson A. Rockefeller
US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 06, 1973 NPA Reject