Clarence Lexow
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Clarence Lexow (September 16, 1852 – December 31, 1910), was a member of the New York State Senate from 1894 to 1898.
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[edit] Biography
He was born on September 16, 1852, in Brooklyn, New York City. His father was Rudolph Lexow (1823-?) who was born in Germany. His mother was born in England and had died prior to 1880. His siblings include: Charles K. Lexow (1850-1928) who was a lawyer in 1880; Allen Lexow (1855-?) who was a banker in 1880; and Rudolf Grant Lexow (1865-?). [1] In 1880 Clarence was living in Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York with his parents, and he was already a lawyer. Rudolph Lexow, his father was working as an editor. Clarence and Charles also appear as living in Manhattan in the Benedict Building at 79 Washington Place in New York City.
[edit] Lexow committee hearings
In 1894, he headed a state legislative committee that documented how Tammany Hall leaders and the New York City Police extorted bribes from operators of gambling and prostitution houses. He was a Senator from the 16th District from 1894 to 1895; and the 23rd District from 1896 to 1898.
[edit] Death
He died in 1910 and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, New York.[2]
[edit] Further reading
- Clarence Lexow, Report and proceedings of the Senate Committee appointed to investigate the Police Department of the city of New York, 1895
- Isabelle Keating Savell (1905-?), Politics in the Gilded Age in New York State and Rockland County; A Biography of Senator Clarence Lexow
- Cops, Crooks, and Criminologists. An international biographical dictionary of law enforcement. By Alan Axelrod and Charles Phillips. New York: Facts on File, 1996
- Dictionary of American Biography. Volumes 1-20. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928-1936
- The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume 5. New York: James T. White & Co., 1891. Use the Index to locate biographies
- Who Was Who in America. A component volume of Who's Who in American History. Volume 1, 1897-1942. Chicago: A.N. Marquis Co., 1943
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- ^ "C. K. Lexow Dies of Heart Attack", New York Times, July 14, 1928, Saturday. Retrieved on 2007-03-08. "Commissioner of Supreme Court Records Was Found Stricken in His Office Thursday. In Politics for 47 Years. Oldest Republican District Leader in New York City. Brother of Late Clarence Lexow. A Native of New York City. Entered Politics in 1881. Charles K. Lexow, Commissioner of Records of the Supreme Court, died yesterday afternoon at Beekman Street Hospital. He had been taken to the hospital Thursday morning after a cleaner had found him helpless in a chair in his office in the Hall of Records."
- ^ "Ex-Senator Lexow, Investigator, Dead", New York Times, December 31, 1910, Saturday. Retrieved on 2007-03-08. "Headed Famous Inquiry Into Now York City Police Department in 1834. Notable Career in Senate. Author of Bills Extending Anti-Trust Laws and Primary Reform Legislation, Robin Company Director."
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