Joseph E. Newburger
Joseph Emanuel Newburger (October 21, 1853 – July 19, 1931) was a Jewish-American lawyer and judge from New York.
Life
Newburger was born on October 21, 1853[1] in the Lower East Side of New York City,[2] the son of Emanuel Newburger and Lottie Fuchs.[3]
Newburger attended Columbia Law School, graduating from there with an LL.B. in 1874.[4] He then practiced law until 1890. Active in Tammany Hall, he unsuccessfully ran for the New York State Assembly. He was elected judge of the City Court in 1890, a position he held for five years. He was then elected to the Court of General Sessions, and in 1905 he was elected as a Tammany candidate Justice of the New York Supreme Court. When his term expired in 1919, Tammany chief Charles F. Murphy refused to back his candidacy for re-election due to differences that developed between them. In response, Newburger's friends formed an independent group to support his re-election campaign, the Republicans chose him as their candidate, and he was re-elected by a plurality of 80,000.[5] He retired in the end of 1923, when he reached 70 and the state's age limitation. In the beginning of 1924, he was appointed Official Referee of the Supreme Court.[4]
Active in Jewish societies, Newburger was one of the founders of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.[6] He was president of Independent Order B'nai B'rith District No. 1, an executive committee member of the Independent Order Free Sons of Israel and the Order Kesher Shel Barzel, and a trustee of the Hebrew Free Schools.[3] He was a director and president of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, and during his presidency the orphanage purchased a new site in the Bronx. He was also active in the Freemasons and Odd Fellows.[2]
Newburger died of heart disease in his suite in the
References
- ^ "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5Y-VKR8: 16 March 2018), Joseph E Newburger, 1907; citing Passport Application, New York, United States, source certificate #31566, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 36, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ^ a b "Former Supreme Court Judge Newburger Dies at 78". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Vol. VIII, no. 2013. New York, N.Y. 21 July 1931. p. 2.
- ^ The Jewish Publication Society of America. p. 160 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Who's Who in American Jewry, 1926. New York, N.Y.: The Jewish Biographical Bureau, Inc. 1927. p. 457 – via Google Books.
- ^ Landman, Isaac, ed. (1942). The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York, N.Y.: The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Inc. p. 209 – via Google Books.
- ^ Adler, Cyrus; Haneman, Frederick T. "Newburger, Joseph E." The Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
- ^ "Joseph Newburger, Ex-Justice, Dead" (PDF). The New York Times. Vol. LXXX, no. 26840. New York, N.Y. 20 July 1931. p. 17.
- ^ "Newburger Lauded at Funeral Rites" (PDF). The New York Times. Vol. LXXX, no. 26842. New York, N.Y. 22 July 1931. p. 21.