Edward Lazansky (December 9, 1872 – September 12, 1955) was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

He graduated

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from

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in 1895. He graduated from

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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

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from 1911 to 1912, elected in

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. He was a delegate to the

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and

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s. He was a justice of the

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from 1917 to 1926, and a justice of the Appellate Division from 1926 to 1943. He was a founder and chairman of the board of trustees of the Brooklyn Jewish Hospital.

Sources

State election results, in NYT on December 15, 1910

Political Graveyard (giving wrong dates for his judicial terms)

His mother's obit, in NYT on July 4, 1918

Jewish politicians, at Brooklyn Genealogy

Appointment to the Appellate Division, at American Jewish Committee, AJC archives

Short bio, at AJC archives

Sketches of the DEmocratic candidates, in NYT on October 1, 1910

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lazansky, Edward 1872 births 1955 deaths Secretaries of state of New York (state) Jewish American people in New York (state) politics New York Supreme Court justices Politicians from Brooklyn Columbia Law School alumni Presiding justices of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department