Herbert_H._Lehman

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Herbert H. Lehman Herbert H. Lehman Herbert Henry Lehman Preceded by Succeeded by Born Died Political party Religion none Fiorello H. La Guardia March 28, 1878(1878-03-28) New York City, New York December 5, 1963 (aged 85) Democratic Jewish Herbert Henry Lehman (March 28, 1878 – December 5, 1963) was a Democratic Party politician from the State of New York. He served as the Governor of New York from 1933 until 1942, and represented New York in the United States Senate from 1949 until 1957. United States Senator from New York In office November 9, 1949 – January 3, 1957 Preceded by Succeeded by John Foster Dulles Jacob K. Javits Career Lehman Brothers Lehman, born in New York City in 1878, was the son of Ashkenazi immigrant Mayer Lehman, one of the three founders of the Lehman Brothers investment banking firm. Herbert Lehman attended what is now The Dwight School. A graduate of Williams College (Class of 1899), he became a partner of Lehman Brothers with his brother Arthur and cousin Philip in 1908.[1] 45th Governor of New York In office January 1, 1933 – December 3, 1942 Lieutenant M. William Bray (1933-1938) Charles Poletti (1939-1942) Franklin D. Roosevelt Charles Poletti Preceded by Succeeded by Military and family Lehman married Edith Louise Altschul in 1910. Herbert Lehman became a colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I. The couple had three children, Hilda, Peter, and John. All three served in the United States Military during World War II; Peter was killed while on active duty.[1] 44th Lieutenant Governor of New York In office January 1, 1929 – December 31, 1932 Governor Preceded by Succeeded by Franklin D. Roosevelt Edwin Corning M. William Bray Politics Lehman became active in politics in 1920, and became chairman of the finance committee of the Democratic Party in 1928,[2] as a reward for being a strong supporter of Alfred E. Smith. He resigned from Lehman Brothers upon becoming the lieutenant governor of 1st Director General of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration In office 1943 – 1946 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia New York in 1929. He then served four terms as the Governor of New York between 1933 and 1942. Unlike Smith, Lehman was a supporter of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s "New Deal" policies and implemented a program in the same spirit in New York. On December 3, 1942, he resigned the governorship the final year of his last term when he was appointed Director of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations for the United States Department of State. He served as Director-General of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration from 1943 to 1946.[2] Herbert Lehman was the Democratic Nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1946 and also ran on the Liberal Party and American Labor Party tickets, but he was defeated by the Republican candidate Irving Ives in what was a very good year for GOP candidates. Afterwards, he was a Senator from New York from 1949 to 1957. In a special election, Lehman beat John Foster Dulles, who had been appointed to temporarily fill Robert F. Wagner’s Senate seat. In that campaign he ran on the Democratic and Liberal Party lines, with the American Labor Party making no endorsement. Lehman then served most of the remainder of Wagner’s term, before winning a full term in the Senate in 1950.[2] (In 1950 he ran on the Democratic and Liberal lines and was opposed by the American Labor Party.) Lehman was one of two senators who was opposed to nominating Mississippi Senator James O. Eastland to be Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. (The other was Wayne L. Morse of Oregon.) He was also an early and vocal opponent of Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.). Lehman was one of the most liberal Senators and not considered part of the Senate "club" of insiders. He retired from the Senate after his full term, and was not a candidate for renomination or reelection in 1956.[3] After his retirement from the Senate, Lehman remained politically active, working with Eleanor Roosevelt and Thomas K. Finletter in the late 1950s and early 1960s to support the reform Democratic movement in Manhattan that eventually defeated longtime Tammany Hall boss Carmine DeSapio. Among other activities after his retirement from the Senate, he founded the Lehman Children’s Zoo (now the Tisch Zoo) in Central Herbert H. Lehman Park, which declared that "No Adult Will Be Admitted unless Accompanied by a Child." Lehman was the first, and until the 2007 inauguration of Eliot Spitzer, the only Jewish Governor of New York.[4] During much of his Senate career, he was the only Jew in the Senate as well. Unlike most of his Jewish constituents, who came from Eastern Europe, Lehman’s family was from Germany. Honors • Herbert H. Lehman died in 1963 and was interred in the Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.[5] That year, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously.[2] • Lehman College of the City University of New York is named after him; a bust of Lehman, by sculptor John Belardo, was dedicated there in September 2005.[6] The High School of American Studies at Lehman College is located on the campus. College dormitories are named in his honor at Williams College, the University at Buffalo, and at Binghamton University. • A ship on the Staten Island Ferry, The Governor Herbert H. Lehman, is named for him. She was retired in 2007 after 42 years of service and has been sold for scrap.[7] • There is a Herbert H. Lehman Center for American History at Columbia University. His papers were donated to the Columbia University Libraries and are housed in the social sciences library – which is also named in his honor. Additionally, Columbia has a Herbert Lehman Professorship of government, which is currently held by Mahmood Mamdani. Columbia’s sister school, Barnard College, has a building named in Lehman’s honor; it houses Barnard’s library and some social sciences departments. Williams College, his alma mater, named a dormitory after him in 1928. • New York City High School located on Westchester Square in Pelham Bay in The Bronx, New York (est. 1974) also named in his honor. • In 1974, Herbert H. Lehman was inducted into the Jewish-American Hall of Fame. • Moshav Liman in northern Israel is named after him. 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Herbert H. Lehman 1928 New York State Democratic Ticket • • • • • Governor: Franklin D. Roosevelt Lieutenant Governor: Herbert H. Lehman Comptroller: Morris S. Tremaine Attorney General: Albert Conway U.S. Senate: Royal S. Copeland References [1] ^ "Life and Legacy of Herbert H. Lehman". Lehman Suite. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/ lehsuite/biography_files/. [2] ^ The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers. "Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site: Herbert Lehman (1928–1956)". Teaching Eleanor Roosevelt. http://www.nps.gov/elro/glossary/ lehman-herbert.htm. Retrieved on 2005-11-07. [3] "LEHMAN, Herbert Henry, (1878–1963)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/ biodisplay.pl?index=L000224. Retrieved on 2005-11-09. [4] Moss, Mitchell (1994-02-04). "The Vanishing Jew". Forward. http://www.mitchellmoss.com/oped/ 94-02-04-forward.html. Retrieved on 2005-11-07. [5] Kensico.org (Kensico Cemetery). "Historic & Scenic Tour: Herbert H. Lehman". http://www.kensico.org/ historic-scenic-tour-21.asp. Retrieved on 2005-11-07. [6] Office of Media Relations & Publications of Lehman College (2005-09-26). "Remembering the Legacy of Herbert H. Lehman". Lehman E-News. http://www.lehman.edu/lehman/enews/ 2005_09_26/feat_bust.html. Retrieved on 2005-11-05. [7] Gerber, David Paul and Wayne Whitehorne (December 2004). "Staten Island Ferry". Station Reporter. http://www.stationreporter.net/ siferry.htm. Retrieved on 2005-11-07. 1930 New York State Democratic Ticket • • • • Governor: Franklin D. Roosevelt Lieutenant Governor: Herbert H. Lehman Comptroller: Morris S. Tremaine Attorney General: John J. Bennett, Jr. 1932 New York State Democratic Ticket • • • • • Governor: Herbert H. Lehman Lieutenant Governor: M. William Bray Comptroller: Morris S. Tremaine Attorney General: John J. Bennett, Jr. U.S. Senate: Robert F. Wagner 1934 New York State Democratic Ticket • • • • • Governor: Herbert H. Lehman Lieutenant Governor: M. William Bray Comptroller: Morris S. Tremaine Attorney General: John J. Bennett, Jr. U.S. Senate: Royal S. Copeland 1936 New York State Democratic Ticket • • • • Governor: Herbert H. Lehman Lieutenant Governor: M. William Bray Comptroller: Morris S. Tremaine Attorney General: John J. Bennett, Jr. External links • The Herbert H. Lehman Center for American History at Columbia University, with pictures of Lehman. • Lehman Special Correspondence Files Website at Columbia University Libraries. • Lehman’s opening speech at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York City, on The History Channel’s Speech Archive 1938 New York State Democratic Ticket • • • • • • Governor: Herbert H. Lehman Lieutenant Governor: Charles Poletti Comptroller: Morris S. Tremaine Attorney General: John J. Bennett, Jr. U.S. Senate: James M. Mead U.S. Senate: Robert F. Wagner 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Political offices Preceded by Edwin Corning Preceded by Franklin D. Roosevelt Preceded by None; first in line Herbert H. Lehman Lieutenant Governor of New York Succeeded by 1929–1932 M. William Bray Governor of New York 1933–1942 Director General of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration 1943–1946 Democratic Nominee for U.S. Senate from New York (Class 1) 1946 United States Senator (Class 3) from New York 1949–1957 Served alongside: Irving Ives Succeeded by Charles Poletti Succeeded by Fiorello H. La Guardia Non-profit organization positions Party political offices Preceded by James M. Mead United States Senate Preceded by John Foster Dulles Succeeded by Jacob K. Javits Succeeded by John Cashmore Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_H._Lehman" Categories: Jewish Americans in the military, 1878 births, 1963 deaths, Governors of New York, Lieutenant Governors of New York, People from New York City, United States Senators from New York, University at Buffalo, Williams College alumni, German-American Jews, American Jews, Lehman Brothers, Jewish United States Senators, Jewish American governors This page was last modified on 10 May 2009, at 21:28 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) taxdeductible nonprofit charity. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers 4