Edward Lazansky was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

He graduated B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

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 from Columbia University

Columbia University

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 in 1895. He graduated from Columbia Law School

Columbia Law School

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 in 1897, and was admitted to the bar. He was Assistant Corporation Counsel of Brooklyn from 1906 to 1908, and a member of the New York City Board of Education from 1908 to 1909.

He was Secretary of State of New York

Secretary of State of New York

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 from 1911 to 1912, elected in 1910. He was a delegate to the 1912

1912 Democratic National Convention

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 and 1916 Democratic National Convention

1916 Democratic National Convention

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s.

He was a Justice of the New York State Supreme Court from 1917 to 1926, and a Justice of the Appellate Division

New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division

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 from 1926 to 1943.

He was a founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Brooklyn Jewish Hospital.

Sources

• http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9B03E7D91F39E733A25755C1A9649D946196D6CF State election results, in NYT on December 15, 1910
• http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#RQW0O119V Political Graveyard (giving wrong dates for his judicial terms)
• http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9904E3D9173EE433A25757C0A9619C946996D6CF His mother's obit, in NYT on July 4, 1918
• http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Vote/Jewish.Politians.html Jewish politicians, at Brooklyn Genealogy
• http://www.ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/1926_1927_4_YRAppendices.pdf Appointment to the Appellate Division, at AJC
  American Jewish Committee
  The American Jewish Committee was "founded in 1906 with the aim of rallying all sections of American Jewry to defend the rights of Jews all over the world...
  
  archives
• http://www.ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/1957_19_DirectoriesLists.pdf Short bio, at AJC archives
• http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B00E2D81239E433A25752C0A9669D946196D6CF Sketches of the DEmocratic candidates, in NYT on October 1, 1910