Irving Lehman (January 28, 1876 New York City - September 22, 1945 Port Chester, Westchester County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1940 until his death.
Life
He was the son of Mayer Lehman (d. 1897) and Babette (Newgass) Lehman. He graduated LL.B. from Columbia University Law School in 1897. On June 26, 1901, he married Sissie Straus (daughter of Nathan Straus).
He was a justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1909 to 1923, elected in 1908 on the Democratic ticket, and re-elected in 1922 on the Democratic and Republican tickets.
In 1923, he was elected on the Democratic and Republican tickets to a 14-year term on the New York Court of Appeals, and re-elected in 1937. In 1939, he was elected Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals on the Democratic, Republican and American Labor tickets, and remained on the bench until his death in office.
He died of a heart ailment at his home on Ridge Street in Port Chester, and was buried at the Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn.
Governor Herbert H. Lehman was his brother.
Sources
- [1] Political Graveyard (giving wrong year ["1900"] of beginning of Supreme Court tenure)
- [2] Nominated to Supreme Court, with short bio, in NYT on October 19, 1908
- [3] Renominated, in NYT on October 3, 1922
- [4] Obit in NYT on September 23, 1945 (subscription required) (gives death date as September 22, at 1.30 a.m.)
- [5] Listing of Court of Appeals judges, with portrait (gives erroneously death date as September 21, all other sources give September 22)
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| Preceded by Frederick E. Crane |
Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals 1940 – 1945 |
Succeeded by John T. Loughran |
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