Benjamin Brenner

Benjamin Brenner (August 3, 1903 – May 30, 1970) was a Polish-born Jewish-American lawyer and politician from New York who served as a member of the New York State Assembly in 1938, as a New York city judge in 1939 and again from 1948 to 1952, and as a Justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1953 to 1969.

Benjamin Brenner
Brenner c. 1939
Justice of the New York Supreme Court
In office January 1, 1953 – December 31, 1969
Succeeded by	John H. Finn
New York City Magistrate
In office September 27, 1948 – December 31, 1952
Appointed by	William O'Dwyer
Preceded by	James M. Fawcett
Succeeded by	Anthony J. Travia
Judge of the New York City Municipal Court, 8th District
In office May 10, 1939 – December 31, 1939
Appointed by	Fiorello La Guardia
Preceded by	Murray Hearn
Succeeded by	Harold J. McLaughlin
Member of the New York State Assembly from the 2nd Kings district
In office January 1, 1938 – December 31, 1938
Preceded by	Albert D. Schanzer
Succeeded by	Leo F. Rayfiel
Personal details
Born	(1903-08-03)August 3, 1903 Congress Poland
Died	May 30, 1970(1970-05-30) (aged 66) Hollywood, Florida, U.S.
Political party	American Labor City Fusion Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	New York University Brooklyn Law School

Life

Benjamin Brenner was born on August 3, 1903 in Poland.^[1]

Brenner was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1938, elected in November 1937 on the American Labor and City Fusion tickets in the 2nd assembly district of Brooklyn. He was defeated when running for re-election in 1938 on the Republican and American Labor tickets. On May 10, 1939, Brenner was appointed by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia to the Municipal Court (8th D.) to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of Murray Hearn to the City Court.^[2] In November 1939, he was defeated when running for a full term, and left the bench at the end of the year. In 1940, he ran in the 8th district for Congress but was defeated by Democrat Donald L. O'Toole.

In July 1944, he was elected Chairman of the Liberal Party in Brooklyn.^[3] On September 27, 1948, he was appointed by Mayor William O'Dwyer as a City Magistrate.^[4]

He was a justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1953 to 1969. In September 1960, he was nominated on the Liberal ticket for the New York Court of Appeals;^[5] but declined to run.^[6]

At the end of 1969, he resigned from the bench due to ill health, and moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He died on May 30, 1970, in Memorial Hospital in Hollywood, Florida, of heart disease.^[7]