| LC control no. | n 86111057 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lehman, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963 |
| Variant(s) | Lehman, Herbert Henry, 1878-1963 |
| See also | New York (State). Governor (1933-1942 : Lehman) |
| Birth date | 18780328 |
| Death date | 19631205 |
| Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | Lehman Brothers United States. Army New York (State). Office of the Lieutenant Governor New York (State). Governor United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration United States. Economic Cooperation Administration. Public Advisory Board United States. Congress. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Governors Legislators--United States |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Library of Congress, Manuscript Div. for Rosenwald, L.J. Papers, 1819-1980 (Herbert H. Lehman; Herbert Henry Lehman, 1878-1963; gov. and U.S. sen. from N.Y.) LC data base 4/2/87 (Hdg.: Lehman, Herbert Henry, 1878-1963; usage: Herbert H. Lehman) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, September 24, 2013 (Lehman, Herbert Henry (1878-1963); a Senator from New York; born in New York City, March 28, 1878; attended Sachs Collegiate Institute in New York City; graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1899; employed by the J. Spencer Turner Co., textile manufacturers; in 1908 became partner in Lehman Bros., investment bankers in New York City; during the First World War was commissioned a captain in the United States Army in August 1917, later attained the rank of colonel on the General Staff, and served until April 1919; lieutenant governor of New York, 1929-1932; Governor, 1933-1942; Director of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations in the State Department, Washington, D.C., 1943; Director General of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, 1943-1946; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1946; member of Public Advisory Board of the Economic Cooperation Administration, 1948; elected on November 8, 1949 as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert F. Wagner; reelected in 1950 and served from November 9, 1949, until January 3, 1957; was not a candidate for renomination in 1956; was a resident of New York City until his death there on December 5, 1963; posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on January 28, 1964) |
| Associated language | eng |
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