Nathaniel L. Goldstein

Nathaniel Lawrence Goldstein (born June 9, 1896 in New York City , † March 24, 1981 ibid) was an American lawyer and politician ( Republican Party ). From 1943 to 1954 he was Attorney General of New York under New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey . Goldstein held, like his Democratic predecessor John J. Bennett , a twelve-year term. Since the office was established in 1777, only two New York Attorney General have served extended terms. Their names were Louis J. Lefkowitz , who served a 22-year term, and Robert Abrams , who served a 16-year term.

Career

Nathaniel Lawrence Goldstein was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 1896 . His parents were both of Jewish descent. When he was six years old, the family moved to Brooklyn where he attended high school. Goldstein was a good public speaker and was inspired by Brooklyn MP Charles C. Lockwood, who attended his debates once. Lockwood hired the young man as an assistant in his law firm and encouraged him to study that night and later attend New York University . There he joined the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity.

Goldstein also worked as an accountant while studying at New York University. He graduated in 1915. Goldstein then went to New York Law School , where he graduated in 1918. After the United States entered World War I , a few weeks later he enlisted as a private in the infantry and was then shipped to Europe in a troop transport . After the war ended, he began working as a lawyer with the Lockwood and partners' offices. One of his partners was Republican Henry L. Stimson , who later served as Secretary of War under President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II .

After the United States entered World War II , the Republican Party nominated 40-year-old Thomas E. Dewey for the post of Governor of New York and 46-year-old Nathaniel L. Goldstein for the post of Attorney General of New York in 1942 . In the subsequent elections in November 1942, both won one victory and were re-elected in both 1946 and 1950.

In the course of his public life he was actively involved as a philanthropist . In this context, he participated in the United Jewish Appeal , the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum , the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , the Israel Bond Organization, the Willkie Memorial of Freedom House , the Pace University and New York Law School.

In his final years he worked as a special advisor for the law firm Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine & Underberg . He was a trustee at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and chaired the Board of Overseers at the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Goldstein died in 1981, aged 84, of a heart attack in his Manhattan home . He left behind his wife, former Etta May Brown, and two children.

literature

• Nathaniel L. Goldstein, 84, Served As Attorney General Of New York , The New York Times, March 25, 1981