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He was elected to Congress in 1947 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of his law partner Leo F. Rayfiel to take a federal district court seat. Multer served from November 4, 1947, until his resignation on December 31, 1967, after election to the New York Supreme Court on November 7, 1967, where he served from January 1, 1968, until January 1, 1977. Multer was a highly active member of the House. He spoke on the floor 1441 times and moved 45 floor amendments. Twenty-three were accepted, covering the District of Columbia, the Defense Production Act, Demonstration Cities, area redevelopment, the involvement of banks with lotteries, sales of government surplus, export controls, B’nai B’rith, veterans housing, credit unions, boycotts of Israel, and insured savings. He introduced 1529 public bills; nine were enacted, six addressing the governance of the District of Columbia, which was a committee membership of his. His major committee, however, was Banking and Currency, and his expertise got him in trouble. He was accused of aiding a bank and lottery in the Bahamas and making questionable investments in Florida, Milwaukee, and the District. The accusations caused the Liberal Party to withhold their endorsement from 1964 on, though he never lost the Democratic nomination.^[1]

He then served as special referee in the Brooklyn Appellate Division, from 1979 to 1984.

He married Bertha Leff in 1925, and they had two sons, Robert and Howard.^[2]

He died in West Hartford, Connecticut.