User:Auric/Sidney Vogel (lawyer)

Sidney Vogel (b. 1904) was a Norwalk lawyer. He unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Norwalk, CN in 1955.

Early life
He was born in 1904. His father was Max Vogel, a charter member of the Kurlander Young Men's society of New York.

He attended New Rochelle, Cornell and Yale Law School. He was admitted to the Connecticut bar in 1928 and the Federal bar in 1929. He was a city clerk in 1931 and founder of the Home and School association of Southbury Training School.

He became a Mason in 1925.

Campaign
Vogel won the endorsement of the Republican party, 52 to 32.

His campaign centered on urban renewal.

He was defeated by George Brunjes, receiving 3,242 votes.

Firm
Vogel was a lawyer of the firm Vogel and Sigaway and later Vogel and Walker. In 1967, a client left him her estate. The will was later overturned, as she was found to have been incompetent at the time.

He was involved in the German v. German case and his representation of the Norwalk Teachers Association.

Personal life
Vogel married Esther Feinsed in 1931. They later divorced. He was ordered to pay $50 a week in alimony.