district branch succeeded death_date death_place birth_place party image_size term_end preceded battles birth_date term_start article_title state name alma_mater
1st united states army otis g. pike 6 march 2010 wainscott , new york new york city , new york republican 180px january 3 , 1961 ernest greenwood world war ii 16 march 1921 january 3 , 1953 stuyvesant wainwright
 new york stuyvesant wainwright yale law school
stuyvesant wainwright

stuyvesant wainwright ii -lrb- march 16 , 1921 -- march 6 , 2010 -rrb- was a republican member of the united states house of representatives from new york .
wainwright was born in new york city , the son of carroll livingston wainwright and edith gould , daughter of financier george jay gould .
he moved to east hampton , new york in 1927 .
he served in the united states army from january 30 , 1942 until december 13 , 1945 during world war ii .
he graduated from yale law school in 1947 .
he was elected to congress in 1952 and served from january 3 , 1953 until january 3 , 1961 .
he narrowly lost a re-election bid in 1960 against democrat otis g. pike .
he taught political science at rutgers university from 1960 until 1961 .
until his death he was a resident of wainscott , new york .
