Herman M. Albert Explained

Herman M. Albert (August 15, 1901 – February 4, 1947) was a Jewish-American lawyer and politician.

Life

Albert was born on August 15, 1901, in New York City, New York, the son of Adolph Albert and Rose Alter.^[1]

Albert attended the College of the City of New York and graduated from the New York University School of Law with an LL.B. in 1922. He then began a general law practice in New York City.^[2] In 1925, he was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Democrat, representing the Bronx County 4th District. He served in the Assembly in 1926,^[3] 1927,^[4] 1928,^[5] 1929, 1930, 1931,^[6] 1932,^[7] and 1933.^[8] He then served as Bronx County Register from 1934 to 1941. He was re-elected for a third four-year term in 1941, but the office of County Register was abolished that year and replaced with a city-wide Register appointed by the Mayor. His last law office before his death was at 1501 Broadway.

Albert was a director of the Bronx Division of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropic Societies and the Bronx YMHA, a founder and member of the Bronx Lodge of the Free Sons of Israel, an associate of various communal and civic societies in the Bronx, and a member of the Bronx County Bar Association and the Congress of Galician Zionists of America.

Albert died in Montefiore Hospital from a five-year illness on February 4, 1947.^[9] He was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery.^[10]

External links

• The Political Graveyard

Notes and References

1. Book: Who's Who in American Jewry, 1928 . The Jewish Biographical Bureau, Inc. . 1928 . Second . New York, N.Y. . 18 . en . FamilySearch.
2. Book: Biographical Encyclopedia of American Jews, 1935 . Maurice Jacobs & Leo M. Glassman . 1935 . Glassman . Leo M. . New York, N.Y. . 7–8 . en . FamilySearch.
3. Book: The New York Red Book . J. B. Lyon Company . 1926 . Malcolm . James . Albany, N.Y. . 86 . en . FamilySearch.
4. Book: The New York Red Book . J. B. Lyon Company . 1927 . Malcolm . James . Albany, N.Y. . 60 . en . FamilySearch.
5. Book: The New York Red Book . J. B. Lyon Company . 1928 . Malcolm . James . Albany, N.Y. . 60 . en . FamilySearch.
6. Book: The New York Red Book, 1931 . J. B. Lyon Company . 1931 . Malcolm . James . Albany, N.Y. . 72 . en . FamilySearch.
7. Book: The New York Red Book, 1932 . J. B. Lyon Company . 1932 . Malcolm . James . Albany, N.Y. . 70 . en . FamilySearch.
8. Book: The New York Red Book, 1933 . J. B. Lyon Company . 1933 . Malcolm . James . Albany, N.Y. . 74 . en . FamilySearch.
9. News: 5 February 1947 . Herman M. Albert . XCVI . 23 . . 32519 . New York, N.Y. .
10. Web site: Albert, Herman . 2022-04-18 . Mount Zion Cemetery.