David Mancovitz

David Mancovitz (August 15, 1877 – June 25, 1936) was an American attorney and politician from Boston, Massachusetts.

Early life Mancovitz was born on August 15, 1877, in Province of Posen, Prussia (now Poland).

Political career Mancovitz was a politician from Boston's Ward Eight and a protégé of Martin Lomasney. From 1903 to 1905, he was a member of the Boston Common Council. He then served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1907 to 1910 and in 1916. He was a candidate for reelection in 1916, but withdrew in favor of Lomasney.

During his political career, Mancovitz gained a reputation as one of the most clever speakers from Lomasney's Hendricks Club. He pleaded not guilty and was released on $2,500 bail. Prior to the trial, Watchmaker pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charges and became a witness in the government's case against Mancovitz. Mancovitz contended that the only money of Watchmaker's that he had was $17,116 that he had found in Watchmaker's attic and that he was going to use this money to pay off Watchmaker's creditors. A number of character witnesses testified on Mancovitz's behalf, including former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives John N. Cole, Surveyor for the Port of Boston Joseph A. Maynard, state senator John H. Mack, and former state legislators Simon Swig and Charles I. Quirk.

On October 14, 1914, two days before French was to leave office, he endorsed a Nolle prosequi upon the four indictments against Mancovitz. On June 25, 1936, Mancovitz was found dead in his office at the Carney Building on Tremont Street in Boston. His death was due to natural causes.