About Harry Heyman
Lived 1875 – 1932 (aged 56–57). Harry Heyman was an American politician and businessperson.
Harry Heyman (October 3, 1875 – October 29, 1932) was a Jewish-American butcher and politician from New York.
Life Heyman was born on October 3, 1875, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He moved to Brooklyn, New York, with his parents when he was a baby. He graduated from Public School No. 23 and worked as a butcher in Brooklyn.
In 1909, Heyman ran for the New York State Assembly as a Democrat in the Kings County 21st District. He lost the election to Republican Sam Weinstein. In 1910, he again ran for the Assembly and was elected over Weinstein. He served in the Assembly in 1911, and 1913. He was defeated for re-election in 1913 by Henry C. Karpen. He served as a delegate to the 1915 New York State Constitutional Convention, by which point he was working in the real estate business.
In 1915, Heyman was elected to the New York City Board of Aldermen over the Republican incumbent A. M. Levy, representing the 62nd Aldermanic District. He lost the 1917 re-election to Socialist Baruch Charney Vladeck, despite receiving support from the Republican Party in the election. In January 1918, he was appointed Deputy Warden of the Civil Prison. In 1919, he again ran for election as Alderman and again lost the election to Vladeck. By 1922, he was Deputy County Clerk. He was reappointed clerk in January 1931. By the time he died, he was chief of the Passport Bureau. She died from a four-year illness in 1918. He then married widow Clara Graf in 1922. His children were Lillian Katz, Ruth Miller, Emanuel, Jack, Sidney, and Daniel. Special Sessions Justice Harry Howard Dale, County Clerk John N. Harman, Sewers Commissioner Joseph Lentol, and a delegation of employees in the County Clerk's office were among those who attended his funeral at the Kirschbaum Funeral Parlors. He was buried in Mount Lebanon Cemetery.
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Who was Harry Heyman?
American politician (1875–1932)
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Harry Heyman was born in 1875.
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Harry Heyman died in 1932.
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Harry Heyman was a politician and businessperson.
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Harry Heyman was American.
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