Maxwell S. Harris

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Maxwell S. Harris (July 3, 1876 – April 14, 1933) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life[]

Harris was born on July 3, 1876, in New York City. He graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1897 with an A.B. In 1899, he graduated from New York University with an LL.B. He was admitted to the bar shortly afterwards and practiced law at 291 Broadway.[1]

In 1920, Harris was elected to the New York State Senate as a Republican, representing New York's 4th State Senate district. He served in the Senate in 1921[1] and 1922.[2] After he lost re-election, he opened a new law office at 140 Nassau Street. He remained active in Brooklyn Republican politics, serving as president of the 16th Assembly District Republican Club.[3]

In 1904, Harris married Helen Westerhouse. Their son was William M. He was a member of the American Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers Association, the Brooklyn Bar Association, the Society of Medico-Legal Jurisprudence,[4] the New York Guild for the Jewish Blind, the Brooklyn Lodge of the Elks, and the Menorah Lodge of the Masons. He was also organizer and president of the Borough Park Home Defense League and chairman of the Red Cross in Brooklyn. He served as president of the Borough Park Heights Civic Association, and played a leading role in the movement to build the West End subway line.[3]

Harris died from a heart attack at the Seaside Hotel in Atlantic City, where he was on vacation with his wife, on April 14, 1933. He was buried in Acacia Cemetery in Bayside, Queens.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Malcolm, James (1921). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 81 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Malcolm, James (1922). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 77 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b "M. S. Harris Dies; Former Senator". Brooklyn Times-Union. New York, N.Y. 15 April 1933. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Holmes, Frank R. (1924). Who's Who in New York (City and State), 1924 (Eighth ed.). New York, N.Y.: Who's Who Publications, Inc. p. 575 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Maxwell S. Harris, 55, Dies Suddenly at Atlantic City". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Vol. 92, no. 104. New York, N.Y. 15 April 1933. p. 24 – via Brooklyn Public Library: Historical Newspapers.

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