Samuel A. Weiss

Samuel Arthur Weiss (April 15, 1902 – February 1, 1977) was an American attorney, professional football player, and Democratic politician.

He was elected in November 1945 as a judge of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas for the term commencing in January 1946 and served in this capacity until he retired in 1967.

In 1943, he wrote to President Roosevelt protesting the British White Paper which threatened to cut off Jewish immigration to Palestine and reduce them to a permanent minority by the following spring.[1].

Representative Weiss's position was concordant with the previous year's Biltmore Conference, which described the policy as "cruel and indefensible in its denial of sanctuary to Jews fleeing from Nazi persecution."

That same year, he was involved in organizing over 50 witnesses for his congressional committee hearings on a bill to limit racial incitement by mail.