Nathan D. Perlman
Nathan D. Perlman | |
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14th district | |
In office November 2, 1920 – March 3, 1927 | |
Preceded by | Fiorello La Guardia |
Succeeded by | William I. Sirovich |
Member of the New York State Assembly from the New York County, 6th district | |
In office January 1, 1915 – December 31, 1917 | |
Preceded by | William Sulzer |
Succeeded by | Elmer Rosenberg |
Personal details | |
Born | Nathan David Perlman August 2, 1887 New York University Law School |
Nathan David Perlman (August 2, 1887 – June 29, 1952) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
Born in
Perlman was a Special Deputy
He was elected as a
, holding office from November 2, 1920, to March 3, 1927.Afterwards Perlman resumed the practice of law. He was a delegate to the New York State Convention to enact the
Perlman wanted to disrupt rallies in New York organized by the German American Bund, but could not find any legal means or justification to do so. Setting the law aside, Perlman then conspired with the organized crime figure Meyer Lansky to violently attack the rallies using Jewish mobsters. These attacks went on for months.[3][4]
At the
Perlman was a senior official of the American Jewish Congress and, in 1945, consulted with and provided assistance to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, President Truman's appointee to serve as chief U.S. prosecutor of Nazi war criminals.
Perlman died at Beth Israel Hospital in New York City, and was buried at Mount Hebron Cemetery in Queens.[1]
See also
References
- ^ New York Times. June 30, 1952. p. 19. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, Britannica book of the year, 1953, page 530
- ^ "Jewish Gangsters in America".
- ISBN 9780806541792.
Sources
- United States Congress. "Nathan D. Perlman (id: P000239)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.