Nathan David Perlman

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Nathan David Perlman, was a United States Congressman from New York in the 1920s, and who later went on to practice law.

Born in Poland on August 2, 1887; Perlman immigrated to the United States in 1891 with his mother where they settled in New York City. After attending the city's public schools he pursued higher education by attending College of the City of New York; and New York University Law School. Perlman graduated from law school in 1907 and was admitted to the bar in 1909 where he then practiced law in New York City.

Publically, Perlman began by serving as special Deputy Attorney General of the State of New York from 1912-1914 and then became a member of the State Assembly from 1915-1917. He was elected as a Republican to the 66th United States Congress to fill the vacancy in New York's 14th congressional district caused by the resignation of Fiorello H. La Guardia. Perlman went on to be re-elected to the Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth, and Sixty-ninth Congresses serving from November 2, 1920, to March 3, 1927. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1926 losing to William I. Sirovich.

After departing Congress, Perlman resumed practicing law becoming a delegate to the New York State Convention to repeal prohibition and then became a magistrate for the City of New York serving from May 1, 1935, to September 1, 1936. He was then appointed justice of the court of special sessions for the City of New York on November 26, 1936 and then reappointed on July 1, 1945. He served as the justice until his death in New York City, on June 29, 1952. He is interned at Mount Hebron Cemetery, Queens County, N.Y.^[1]