About Edward Lazansky
Lived 1872 – 1955 (aged 82). Edward Lazansky was an American lawyer and judge.
Edward Lazansky (December 9, 1872 – September 12, 1955) was an American lawyer and politician.
Life He graduated B.A. from Columbia University in 1895. He graduated from Columbia Law School 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 Secretary of State of New York from 1911 to 1912, elected in 1910. He was a delegate to the 1912 and 1916 Democratic National Conventions.
He was a justice of the New York State Supreme Court 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.
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American judge
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Edward Lazansky was born on 9 December 1872 in New York City.
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Edward Lazansky died on 12 September 1955.
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Edward Lazansky was a lawyer and judge.
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