Emanuel B. Hart

Emanuel Hart
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Preceded byJonas P. Phoenix
Succeeded byHiram Walbridge
Personal details
Born
Emanuel Bernard Hart

October 27, 1809
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedAugust 29, 1897 (aged 87)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Resting placeCypress Hills Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic

Emanuel Bernard Hart (October 27, 1809 – August 29, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who one term served as a U.S. representative from New York from 1851 to 1853.

Early life and education

Born in New York City, Hart attended local public schools. He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1868.

Career

He engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as a colonel in the militia. He served as a member of the New York City Board of Aldermen in 1845.

Congress

Hart was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853). Hart was New York's first Jewish congressman.[1][2]

Later career and death

He was later appointed by President James Buchanan to serve as surveyor of the Port of New York from 1857 to 1861. He also served as member of the city board of assessors. He served as president of Mount Sinai Hospital from 1870 to 1876 and New York City's commissioner of immigration from 1870 to 1873. He also worked as treasurer of the Society for the Relief of Poor Hebrews. He was a presidential elector in 1868.[3]

Hart died in New York City on August 29, 1897. He was interred in Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

See also

References

  1. ^ Stone, Kurt F. "The Jews of Capitol Hill: A Compendium of Jewish Congressional Members, (2011). Pages 13–14. ISBN 9780810857315.
  2. ^ Fandos, Nicholas (2022-06-22). "Could New York City Lose Its Last Remaining Jewish Congressman?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
  3. ^ Proceedings of the New York Electoral College, Held at the Capital in the City of Albany, on the 1st Day of December, 1868. Albany, N.Y.: The Argus Company. 1868. p. 22.

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