Edward Lauterbach

Edward Lauterbach (August 12, 1844 – March 4, 1923), was Chairman of the Republican County Committee in New York and the defense attorney for David Lamar, the "Wolf of Wall Street". He was a trustee of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum for over 39 years.^[1]

Edward Lauterbach

Biography

He was born on August 12, 1844, in New York City. His education was begun in the public schools and continued in the College of the City of New York, where he graduated with honors in 1864. He received his degree entered upon a course of law in the offices of Townsend, Dyett & Morrison. After his admission to the New York City Bar Association he became a member of this firm, which was then reorganized under the name of Morrison, Lauterbach & Spingarn.^[2]

He was a delegate to the 1894 New York State Constitutional Convention.^[3] He served one term on the New York State Board of Regents from 1904 to 1911.^[4]

His only son Alfred Lauterbach died at the age of 37 in a car accident early morning July 30, 1908.^[5]

He died on March 4, 1923.^[6]

References

1. "Honor Lauterbach For Aid To Orphans. Beneficiaries Of His 39 Years As Trustee Of Hebrew Asylum Pay A Tribute. Library Named For Him And Portrait Presented". The New York Times. November 14, 1921. Retrieved 2010-07-10. The completion of thirty-nine years by Edward Lauterbach as trustee of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum was commemorated yesterday by over 2,000 men, women and children, the majority of whom had directly benefited from his ser vices for the institution.
2. "Edward Lauterbach". Prominent and progressive Americans. 1903. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
3. The Convention Manual of Procedure, Forms and Rules for the Regulation of Business in the Sixth New York State Constitutional Convention, 1894: Delegates Manual and Introduction. Albany, N.Y.: The Argus Company. 1894. pp. xiv – via Google Books.
4. Assembly, New York (State) Legislature (1912-01-01). Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York.
5. Boston Globe July 31, 1908 page 2.https://secure.pqarchiver.com/boston-sub/doc/501061973.html?FMT=AI&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+31%2C+1908&author=&pub=Boston+Daily+Globe+%281872-1922%29&edition=&startpage=10&desc=CONDUCTOR+KNOCKED+OFF.
6. "Edward Lauterbach, Lawyer, Dies at 78". The New York Times. March 5, 1923. Retrieved 2010-07-10. Edward Lauterbach, one of the lawyers in the city, died yesterday at his home ... Mr. Lauterbach had suffered from bronchitis, but heart disease ...

External links

• Jewish Encyclopedia: "Lauterbach, Edward" by Cyrus Adler (1906).
• Media related to Edward Lauterbach at Wikimedia Commons