Edward Lazansky

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Edward Lazansky (December 9, 1872 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York - September 12, 1955 Southampton, Suffolk County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician.

[edit] Life

He was Secretary of State of New York from 1911 to 1912. He was a delegate to the 1912 and 1916 Democratic National Conventions.

He was a Justice of the New York State Supreme Court from 1917 to 1926, and a Justice of the Appellate Division from 1926 to 1943.

He was a founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Brooklyn Jewish Hospital.

[edit] Sources

• [1] State election results, in NYT on December 15, 1910
• [2] Political Graveyard (giving wrong dates for his judicial terms)
• [3] His mother's obit, in NYT on July 4, 1918
• [4] Jewish politicians, at Brooklyn Genealogy
• [5] Appointment to the Appellate Division, at AJC archives
• [6] Short bio, at AJC archives

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