Gustave Hartman

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Gustave Hartman (August 12, 1880 – November 12, 1936) was a Hungarian-born Jewish-American lawyer, politician, and judge from New York.

Life

Hartman was born on August 12, 1880, in Hungary, the son of Kalman Hartman and Sarah Luchs.[1]

Hartman immigrated to America at an early age and attended New York City public school. He graduated from the

New York City Board of Education appointed him a public lecturer.[2]

In 1904, Hartman was elected to the

1908 United States House of Representatives election, he was the Republican candidate in New York's 10th congressional district. He lost the election to Democrat William Sulzer.[4]

Hartman received an LL.M. from the New York University School of Law in 1907 and a J.D. in 1908. He was the law editor of the University "Lex" from 1907 to 1908. He was admitted to the bar in 1905 and began engaging in a law practice afterwards.[5] In September 1913, Mayor Ardolph L. Kline appointed him Justice of the Municipal Court, 2nd District to replace the resigning Justice Leon Sanders.[6] He lost the election that year to keep the seat to Aaron J. Levy, but in November 1913 Mayor appointed him to fill a different seat in the Municipal Court bench to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Thomas Dinnean.[7] He was elected back to the bench in 1914 and served until 1917. He was then elected to the City Court in 1920 and served in that Court until 1929.[8] He unsuccessfully ran for the New York Supreme Court in 1923, 1924, and 1929. He was an alternate delegate to the 1932 Republican National Convention.[9]

Hartman founded the Israel Orphan Asylum in 1913, financing it out of his pocket and running it until his death. The Asylum served the needs of children one to six, later serving girls until the age of fourteen. A majority of children in the Asylum were orphaned by

Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, the Freemasons, the Knights of Pythias, the Elks, the Modern Woodmen of America, Congregation Ohab Zedek, and Beth Hamedrash Hagodol.[5]

In 1928, Hartman married Mary Weisser, superintendent of the Israel Orphan Asylum. She took charge of the Asylum after Hartman's death.[1] They had two children, Kenneth Frederick and Suzanne.[8]

Hartman died from a heart ailment in the Israel Orphan Asylum on November 12, 1936.

Cypress Hills.[11]

Shortly after Hartman's funeral, the New York City Board of Aldermen named the triangle across the street from the Israel Orphan Asylum the Gustave Hartman Triangle in his honor. It later became a park. In 1950, the Asylum was renamed the Gustave Hartman Home in his honor.[12]

References

  1. ^
    Village Preservation
    . 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  2. ^ a b Murlin, Edgar L. (1905). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 134 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1906). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 142–143 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1909). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 638 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ a b Who's Who in American Jewry, 1926. New York, N.Y.: The Jewish Biographical Bureau, Inc. 1926. pp. 249–250 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Kline Names New Justice". New-York Tribune. Vol. LXXIII, no. 24416. New York, N.Y. 21 September 1913. p. 2 – via Chronicling America.
  7. ^ "Hartmann Gets Longer Job". The New York Times. Vol. LXIII, no. 20383. New York, N.Y. 14 November 1913. p. 16 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ^ a b c "Gustave Hartman, Ex-Jurist, 56, Dies" (PDF). The New York Times. Vol. LXXXVI, no. 28783. New York, N.Y. 13 November 1936. p. 23.
  9. ^ "Index to Politicians: Hartman". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  10. ^ Landman, Isaac, ed. (1941). The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York, N.Y.: The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Inc. p. 232 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "Leaders of City Mourn Hartman" (PDF). The New York Times. Vol. LXXXVI, no. 28786. New York, N.Y. 16 November 1936. p. 19.
  12. NYC Parks
    . Retrieved 2021-10-20.

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