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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
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. He graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1897 with an A.B. In 1899, he graduated from
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with an
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He was admitted to the bar shortly afterwards and practiced law at 291 Broadway. In 1920, Harris was elected to the
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as a Republican, representing
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. He served in the Senate in
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and
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. After he lost re-election, he opened a new law office at 140 Nassau Street. He remained active in
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Republican politics, serving as president of the 16th Assembly District Republican Club. In 1904, Harris married Helen Westerhouse. Their son was William M. He was a member of the
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, the
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, the Brooklyn Bar Association, the Society of Medico-Legal Jurisprudence, the New York Guild for the Jewish Blind, the Brooklyn Lodge of the
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, and the Menorah Lodge of the Masons. He was also organizer and president of the Borough Park Home Defense League and chairman of the
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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. Harris died from a heart attack at the Seaside Hotel in
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, where he was on vacation with his wife, on April 14, 1933. He was buried in Acacia Cemetery in
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.


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The Political Graveyard
' {{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Maxwell S. 1876 births 1933 deaths City College of New York alumni New York University School of Law alumni Lawyers from Brooklyn Politicians from Brooklyn People from Borough Park, Brooklyn 20th-century American lawyers Republican Party New York (state) state senators American Freemasons 20th-century members of the New York State Legislature