Norman F. Lent

Norman F. Lent

Norman Frederick Lent (March 23, 1931 – June 11, 2012) was a former Republican-Conservative member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

Lent was born in Oceanside, Long Island, New York. He graduated from Malverne High School in 1948, from Hofstra University in 1952, and from Cornell University Law School in 1957. Lent served in the U.S. Navy from 1952-54, during and immediately after the Korean War, achieving the rank of Lieutenant.

Following his military service, Lent worked as a lawyer in private practice in Lynbrook, New York beginning in 1957, and served as an Associate Police Justice in East Rockaway in 1959-60. He then worked as the Confidential Law Secretary (law clerk) to New York State Supreme Court Justice Thomas P. Farley from 1960-62.

In 1962, Lent was elected to the New York State Senate from Nassau County, and served from 1963 until 1970, when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. In addition to serving as a Congressman, Lent was selected as a delegate or alternate delegate to the 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, and 1992 Republican National Conventions.

Read more about Norman F. Lent:  1970 House Election, Congressional Service, Honors and Awards, Death

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