Walter R. Herrick
Walter Richmond Herrick (May 11, 1877 in Albany, New York – July 20, 1953) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Education and career[]
He was the son of Assemblyman (1818–1890) and his second wife Charlotte Jackson (Brown) Herrick (1847–1918). He graduated from Princeton University in 1898, and from Albany Law School in 1900.[1]
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co., 27th D.) in 1911; and of the New York State Senate (17th D.) in 1913 and 1914.[1]
In 1919, he was appointed by Gov. Al Smith as Narcotic Drug Control Commissioner, holding that office for three years.[1]
He was appointed Manhattan Park Commissioner by Mayor James J. Walker, remaining in that position from 1927 to 1933.[1]
Judge D-Cady Herrick (1846–1926) was his half-brother.
Personal life and death[]
On July 5, 1916, Herrick married Mary Douglas Bosworth, and they had a daughter: Eileen J. Herrick (born 1919). In 1939, Herrick made the news when he and his wife allegedly prevented Eileen, then an adult, from seeing George Lowther III, a suitor with whom she was enamored, leading Lowther to take the parents to court seeking a writ of habeas corpus.[2] The young couple eloped early the following year,[3] but divorced in 1946.[4]
Herrick died in Albany at the age of 76.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Walter R. Herrick; Ex-City Park Chief", The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (July 21, 1953), p. 9.
- ^ "Parents Skip With Juliet; Romeo Pines", Elmira Star-Gazette (November 25, 1939), p. 1.
- ^ "Happy Romeo and Juliet Return; Parental Blessing Next Hurdle", The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (January 7, 1940), p. 1.
- ^ Romeo, Juliet Love Idyl Of Eileen Herrick Ended", New York Daily News (September 24, 1946), p. 69.
- ^ "Walter R. Herrick", New York Daily News (July 21, 1953), p. 95.
Sources[]
- Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 360)
- LEGISLATORS DODGE CHOICE FOR SENATOR in NYT on January 13, 1911
- The Princeton Alumni Weekly (issue of April 23, 1919; pg. 579)
- HERRICK RESIGNS; SHEEHY GETS POST in NYT on April 6, 1933 (subscription required)
- Miss E. J. Herrick To Head Juniors At Ice Review in the New York Sun on January 17, 1938
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