Albert Ottinger

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Albert Ottinger
Hamilton Ward, Jr.
United States Assistant Attorney General
In office
January 1921 – December 31, 1924
PresidentWarren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Preceded byThomas J. Spellacy
Succeeded byIra Lloyd Letts
Member of the New York State Senate, 18th District
In office
1917–1918
Preceded byWilliam M. Bennett
Succeeded bySalvatore A. Cotillo
Personal details
Born(1878-09-10)September 10, 1878
New York University Law School
ProfessionAttorney

Albert E. Ottinger (September 10, 1878 – January 13, 1938) was an American lawyer and politician.

Life and career

Ottinger was born in

New York University Law School in 1898 and became an attorney in New York City.[citation needed
]

He was a member of the

U.S. Congress could grant independence to the Philippines if it wished, since the Philippines were an "insular possession" and therefore to be distinguished from the United States' states and territorial possessions.[1]

He was

1926. During his second term, he was the only Republican who held state office, and was responsible for closing down the notorious "bucket shops" on Wall Street. He was a delegate to the 1928 and 1932 Republican National Conventions.[citation needed
]

In

lieutenant governor of New York. On the national ticket, Herbert Hoover won by a landslide over Al Smith, the latter's religion clearly a national issue. The gubernatorial contest, however, was one of the closest in New York history. Against the national Republican trend, Roosevelt won by only 25,000 votes, less than 1% of the four million ballots cast.[citation needed
]

At the end of his term as New York state's attorney general, Ottinger summed up his record as follows: "Hammer, hammer, hammer, at every manner and means of fraud and dishonesty, the prevention and assertion of which the Legislature has assigned to the Attorney General."[2]

Ottinger suffered a heart attack and died in New York City on January 13, 1938.[3]

Family

Ottinger never married and was survived by three brothers: Leon, Lawrence, and Nathan. Nathan Ottinger was a justice of the

Richard L. Ottinger, who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives
.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Declares Congress May Free Filipinos", New York Times (May 3, 1924), p. 7.
  2. ^ "Legal Affairs". Archived from the original on 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2006-03-06.
  3. ^ "Albert Ottinger Dies in New York," Baltimore Sun, January 14, 1938, p.11.

Sources

New York State Senate
Preceded by New York State Senate
18th District

1917–1918
Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded by United States Assistant Attorney General
1921–1924
Succeeded by
Preceded by
New York Attorney General

1925–1928
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Republican Nominee for
1928
Succeeded by