sentences:  He was graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1889 and later from the Columbia Law School.He was admitted to the bar in 1891 and commenced the practice of his profession in New York City.Lessler was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Nicholas Muller and served from January 7, 1903 to March 3, 1903.