Samuel Greenbaum (January 23, 1854 – August 26, 1930) was a Jewish British-American lawyer and judge.

Life

Greenbaum was born on January 23, 1854, in London, England, the son of Lewis Greenbaum and Rachel Schlesinger. When he was two, he immigrated with his family to America, where his father engaged in business in New York City, New York. Greenbaum graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1875 and spent the next five years working as a teacher. He also read law in the office of Van Siclen, Gildersleeve & Baldwin and attended Columbia Law School, graduating from there in 1875. He was admitted to the bar in 1876, and initially continued studying in the law office. In 1877, he opened a law office and began practicing on his own for the next seven years. He then formed a partnership with

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called Hays & Greenbaum, renamed Hays, Greenbaum & Hirschfield in 1898. During this time, Greenbaum was involved in a number of cases, including as counsel for General

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when the latter was

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. The firm was dissolved in 1901. In 1900, Greenbaum was appointed to fill an unexpired term on the

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. He was elected to a full term in 1901, and was re-elected in 1915. In 1920, Governor

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designated him Associate Justice of the

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. He sat there until 1923, when he resigned and resumed his private practice. Greenbaum was president of the Aguilar Free Library Association, first vice-president of the Educational Alliance, and a trustee of the

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and the

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. He was a member of the

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, the Society of Medical Jurisprudence, and the American Jewish Historical Society. He was also a founder and president of the Young Men's Hebrew Association, vice-president of the

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, a trustee of the New York County Lawyers' Association, vice-president of the

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, trustee of the

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, a member of the executive council of the National Jewish Welfare Board, and a member of the

and the American Bar Association. He was a member of Temple Israel. In 1888, he married Selina Ullman. Their children were Lawrence Samuel, Edward Samuel, Grace, and Isabel. Greenbaum died in the Royal Victoria Hotel in Larchmont, where he was spending the summer, on August 26, 1930. He was buried in the Temple Israel Cemetery in

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References

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