Alton R. Waldon, Jr.

Who is Alton R. Waldon, Jr.?

Alton R. Waldon, Jr. was a Representative from New York. He was born in Lakeland, Florida on December 21, 1936. He graduated from Boys High School in Brooklyn, New York in 1954 and went on to earn a B.S. from John Jay College in New York City in 1968 and a J.D. from New York Law School in New York City in 1973.

Waldon served in the United States Army from 1956 - 1959. He was appointed deputy commissioner, State Division of Human Rights in 1975. He served as counsel in the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. He was elected to the New York state assembly where he served from 1983 - 1986. Waldon was a delegate to the Democratic national convention in 1984 and 1988.

He elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-ninth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joseph P. Addabbo. Waldon was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for the general election, losing to Floyd H. Flake. As of 2012, he is the most recent person to win a special election and then lose in the primary for the general election.