Samuel Friedel

Samuel Nathaniel Friedel (April 18, 1898 – March 21, 1979), a Democrat, was a U.S.

Born in Washington, D.C., to Russian-Jewish immigrants,[1] Friedel moved with his family to Baltimore, Maryland, when he was six months old and attended the public schools in Baltimore and Strayer Business College.

In 1926, Friedel founded the Industrial Loan Co., serving as president until 1956.

Friedel did not sign the 1956 Southern Manifesto, and voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957,[2] 1960,[3] 1964,[4] and 1968,[5] as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Friedel died in Towson, Maryland and is buried in the Hebrew Friendship Cemetery in Baltimore.