Alton R. Waldon Jr.

A Representative from New York. Born in Lakeland, Fla. , December 21, 1936. Graduated from Boys High School, Brooklyn, N. Y. , 1954. B. S. , John Jay College, New York, N. Y. , 1968. J. D. , New York Law School, New York, N. Y. , 1973. United States Army, 1956-1959. Appointed deputy commissioner, State Division of Human Rights in 1975. Counsel, Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. Member of the New York state assembly, 1983-1986. Delegate to the Democratic national convention, 1984 and 1988. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-ninth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Joseph P. Addabbo (June 10, 1986-January 3, 1987). Unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the One Hundredth Congress in 1986. Appointed to the New York state investigation commission. Was an unsuccessful candidate for the special election to the One Hundred Fifth Congress on February 3, 1998. Member of the New York state senate, 1990-2000. Judge, New York state court of claims, 2000-2006. Died on June 9, 2023.