Straus, Isidor
merchant, congressman, was born Feb. 6, 1845, in Bavaria. In 1865 he moved to New York city, where his father founded the mercantile firm of Straus and Sons in 1866. He has been connected with the various tariff and currency reform movements, and is New York city's representative on the New York and New Jersey bridge commission. He was elected at a special election as a representative to the fiftythird congress to fill a vacancy. mer- STRAUSS, OSCAR SOLOMON, chant, diplomat, author, was born Dec. 23, 1850, in Bavaria. He is a municipal reformer of New York city, minister to Turkey in 1887; and the author of The Origin of Republican Government in the United States; and Roger Williams, the Pioneer of Religious Liberty.