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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 4 "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.
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