Harry Heyman

Not to be confused with Harry L. Hayman.

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.[1]

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.[2] In 1910, he again ran for the Assembly and was elected over Weinstein. He served in the Assembly in 1911,[1] 1912,[3] and 1913.[4] He lost the 1913 re-election to Henry C. Karpen.[5] He served as a delegate to the 1915 New York State Constitutional Convention, by which point he was working in the real estate business.[6]

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.[7] He lost the 1917 re-election to Socialist Baruch Charney Vladeck, despite receiving support from the Republican Party in the election.[8] In January 1918, he was appointed Deputy Warden of the Civil Prison.[9] In 1919, he again ran for election as Alderman and again lost the election to Vladeck.[10] By 1922, he was Deputy County Clerk.[11] In June 1930, he was appointed clerk to the Passport Bureau, a new division of the County Clerk's office.[12] He was reappointed clerk in January 1931.[13] By the time he died, he was chief of the Passport Bureau.[14]

Heyman was grand chancellor of the local Knights of Pythias lodge and the state field deputy, chairman of the board of directors of the Eastern District Boys' Association, a member of the Loyal Order of Moose,[14] the Odd Fellows, the Hebrew Mutual Benefit Society, the Hebrew Free Burial Society of Brooklyn, Order Brith Abraham, the Tambury Democratic Association, and the Wantagh Democratic Club, and the standard-bearer of the Harry Heyman Democratic Club of the 21st Assembly District. An active member of the Foresters of America, he was a member of several related organizations, organized a local group, and served as Deputy Grand Chief Ranger and Supreme Representative.[1]

In 1896, Heyman married Fanny Simon.[15] She died from a four-year illness in 1918.[16] He then married widow Clara Graf in 1922.[11] His children were Lillian Katz, Ruth Miller, Emanuel, Jack, Sidney, and Daniel.[14]

Heyman died at home from a brief illness on October 29, 1932.[14] 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.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b c Murlin, Edgar L. (1911). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 140 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1910). The New York Red BookE. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 653 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1912). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 164 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1913). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 146–147 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1914). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 696 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ The Convention Manual of Procedure, Forms and Rules for the Regulation of Business in the Seventh New York State Constitutional Convention, 1915. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. 1915. p. 308 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Voters Turn Down G.O.P. Warhorses in Aldermanic Board". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Vol. 75, no. 305. New York, N.Y. 3 November 1915. p. 4 – via Brooklyn Public Library Archive.
  8. ^ "Big Gains Made By Socialists". The Brooklyn Daily Times (Final ed.). Brooklyn, N.Y. 7 November 1918. p. 5 – via Brooklyn Public Library Archive.
  9. ^ "Manning and Minsterer Get Borough Jobs". The Brooklyn Daily Times (Final ed.). Brooklyn, N.Y. 19 January 1918. p. 1 – via Brooklyn Public Library Archive.
  10. ^ "5 Socialist Aldermen". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Vol. 79, no. 308. New York, N.Y. 6 November 1919. p. 3 – via Brooklyn Public Library Archive.
  11. ^ a b "Heyman to Wed". The Brooklyn Daily Times (Final ed.). Brooklyn, N.Y. 4 October 1922. p. 4 – via Brooklyn Public Library Archive.
  12. ^ "County Clerk's Office Opens Passport Bureau". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Vol. 90, no. 154. New York, N.Y. 4 June 1930. p. 12 – via Brooklyn Public Library Archive.
  13. ^ "County Clerk Renames Staff". The Brooklyn Daily Times (Home ed.). Brooklyn, N.Y. 2 January 1931. p. 9 – via Brooklyn Public Library Archive.
  14. ^ a b c d "Passport Chief Heyman Is Dead". Brooklyn Times Union (Home ed.). Brooklyn, N.Y. 30 October 1932. p. 14A – via Brooklyn Public Library Archive.
  15. ^ "M-K-1896-0003001". The NYC Historical Vital Records Project.
  16. ^ "Fanny Heyman". The Standard Union. Vol. LV, no. 151. Brooklyn, N.Y. 30 November 1918. p. 2 – via Brooklyn Public Library Archive.
  17. ^ "Associates Mourn At Heyman Rites". Brooklyn Times Union. Brooklyn, N.Y. 31 October 1932. p. 2 – via Brooklyn Public Library Archive.
New York State Assembly
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Kings County, 21st District
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