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Harris Weinstock
BornSeptember 18, 1854
London, U.K.
Died1922
Palo Alto, California, U.S.
OccupationBusinessman
SpouseBarbara Felsenthal
Children2 sons, 2 daughters
RelativesDavid Lubin (half-brother)
Simon J. Lubin (half-nephew)

Harris Weinstock (1854–1922) was an American businessman. He was the co-founder of Lubin and Weinstock in Sacramento, California. As the founding State Market Commissioner, he oversaw regulations and marketing for the citrus, poultry and fishing industries in California. He was a founder of the Commonwealth Club of California.

Early life

Harris Weinstock was born to a Jewish family on September 18, 1854, in London, England.[1][2][3] He emigrated to the United States at the age of one,[3] settling in New York City, where his father was a businessman.[2] He was educated in New York,[1] and he moved to California in 1869.[2]

Career

With his half-brother David Lubin,

San Francisco, California, in 1872.[1] They subsequently co-founded Lubin and Weinstock, a department store in Sacramento, California, later known as Weinstock's.[3][4] He was also an investor in the Weinstock, Lubin Real Estate Company; the Weinstock, Nichols Company; and the National Bank of D. O. Mills.[2]

Weinstock served in the

National Guard from 1881 to 1895, retiring as Colonel.[2] Meanwhile, he joined the board of trustees of the California State Library in 1887.[2] Seven years later, in 1895, he joined the State Board of Horticulture.[2]

Weinstock became a freeholder of Sacramento in 1891.[2] In 1913, he was appointed to the Commission on Industrial Relations by President Woodrow Wilson.[2][5] He also served on the executive committee of the National Civic Federation, which attempted to alleviate conflict between employers and labor unions.[2] He was subsequently appointed to the State Industrial Accident Commission.[2]

Weinstock was elected the first President of the Commonwealth Club of California in 1903.[6]

Weinstock drafted the Weinstock Arbitration Bill of 1911, which prohibited strikes and lockouts during the arbitration process.[7]

By 1915, Weinstock was appointed by Governor Hiram Johnson as first director of the State Market Commission of California.[2][8] As Commissioner, Weinstock imposed regulations on the citrus and poultry industries, ensuring that farmers were paid their fair share and helping the industries with marketing.[8] He also established the State Fish Exchange.[2] He resigned in January 1920.[2]

Weinstock served as the vice president of the Jewish Publication Society.[3] He was also a member of the Jewish Historical Society.[2]

Personal life and death

Weinstock married Barbara Felsenthal.[3] They had two sons, Robert Weinstock and Walter Weinstock, and two daughters, Mrs Samuel Frankenheimer of Stockton, California, and Mrs Burton E. Towne of Lodi, California.[2][3]

Weinstock fell from his horse while riding near Los Altos, California, in 1922.[3] He died of a skull fracture at the nearby hospital in Palo Alto, California, shortly after.[1][3] By the time of his death, he was worth an estimated US$500,000.[9][10] His wife inherited his estate.[9]

Works

  • Weinstock, Harris (1902). Jesus the Jew and Other Addresses. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
    OCLC 861841
    .
  • Weinstock, Harris (1909). Strikes and Lockouts.

References

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  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Weinstock (Harris) papers, 1878-1922". The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
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  5. ISBN 0-8078-4679-1
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  6. ^ The Commonwealth Club of California A Brief Statement Regarding Its Origin, Purposes and History, [1] Transactions of the Commonwealth Club of California, November 15, 1903, Vol. 1. No. 1, p. 1.
  7. ISBN 9780814330432
    . strikes and lockouts weinstock.
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  9. ^ a b "Mrs. Weinstock Gets Estate in Trust". Oakland Tribune. September 21, 1922. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
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