Samuel Kaplan

Samuel Kaplan (December 22, 1912 – July 1, 1998) was an American basketball player, accountant and politician who served as a member of the New York State Assembly from 1947 to 1948. He and Kenneth Sherbell were the only two independent American Laborites elected to the state legislature in 1946.

Kaplan was a delegate to the 1948 Progressive National Convention.

Kaplan died on July 1, 1998, in Kendall, Florida. Provided by Wikipedia