Charles S. Adler

Charles S. Adler (May 9, 1862 – April 5, 1911) was a Jewish-American politician from New York.

Life

Adler was born on May 9, 1862, in New York City, New York. He initially worked as an office boy and later became a confidential man and commercial traveller of a business firm.^[1] A resident of the Lower East Side, he was a tailor's apprentice as a boy and devised a machine for cutting cloth which was used in shops all over the Lower East Side.^[2]

In 1894, Adler was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing the New York County 3rd District. He served in the Assembly in 1895,^[3] 1896,^[4] 1897,^[5] 1898,^[6] 1899,^[7] 1901,^[8] and 1902.^[9] In the 1902 United States House of Representatives election, he was a congressional candidate for New York's 9th congressional district. He lost the election to Henry M. Goldfogle.^[10] In 1903, he was appointed port warden of the Port of New York.^[11] In the 1906 United States House of Representatives election, he again ran as the Republican candidate in the 9th congressional district, but he again lost the election to Goldfogle.^[12] In the 1908 United States presidential election, he was a Presidential elector for William Howard Taft and James S. Sherman.^[13]

Adler was a member of the Freemasons and the Elks.^[2] He was Jewish.^[14]

Adler died at home on April 5, 1911.^[2] After a funeral service in Temple Rodeph Sholom, he was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Cypress Hills.^[15]

References

1. Mather, Frederic G., ed. (1895). The Evening Journal 1895 Almanac. Albany, N.Y.: The Weed-Parsons Printing Co. p. 58 – via Internet Archive.
2. "Charles S. Adler is Dead" (PDF). The New York Times. Vol. LX, no. 19430. New York, N.Y. 6 April 1911. p. 11.
3. Murlin, Edgar L. (1895). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: James B. Lyon. p. 152 – via Google Books.
4. Murlin, Edgar L. (1896). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: James B. Lyon. pp. 194–195 – via Google Books.
5. Murlin, Edgar L. (1897). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: James B. Lyon. pp. 180–181 – via Google Books.
6. Murlin, Edgar L. (1898). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: James B. Lyon. pp. 188–189 – via Google Books.
7. Murlin, Edgar L. (1899). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: James B. Lyon. p. 164 – via Google Books.
8. Murlin, Edgar L. (1901). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: James B. Lyon. pp. 97–98 – via Google Books.
9. Murlin, Edgar L. (1902). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 98–100 – via Google Books.
10. Murlin, Edgar L. (1903). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 619 – via Google Books.
11. "C. S. Adler As Port Warden" (PDF). The New York Times. Vol. LIII, no. 16843. New York, N.Y. 29 December 1903. p. 1.
12. Murlin, Edgar L. (1907). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 617 – via Google Books.
13. "New York Electors Meet". The Sun. Vol. LXXVI, no. 134. New York, N.Y. 12 January 1909. p. 5 – via Chronicling America.
14. Friedenwald, Herbert, ed. (1911). The American Jewish Yearbook, 5672. Philadelphia, P.A.: Jewish Publication Society of America. p. 137 – via Google Books.
15. "Last Tribute to Adler" (PDF). The New York Times. Vol. LX, no. 19434. New York, N.Y. 10 April 1911. p. 13.

External links

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New York State Assembly
Preceded by Jacob A. Mittnacht	New York State Assembly New York County, 3rd District 1895	Succeeded by William H. Leonard
Preceded by Alfred R. Conkling	New York State Assembly New York County, 8th District 1896–1899	Succeeded by Isidor Cohn
Preceded by Isidor Cohn	New York State Assembly New York County, 8th District 1901–1902	Succeeded by Isidor Cohn