Name George Langbein | ||
George Frederick Langbein (June 29, 1842 Hirschhorn am Neckar, Grand Duchy of Hesse – May 27, 1911 Howells, Orange County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
The family emigrated to the United States in 1846, and settled in New York City. He graduated from Grammar School No. 19 in 1855. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1863, and practiced in New York City in partnership with his brother, Assemblyman J. C. Julius Langbein (1846–1910).
On January 23, 1886, his 21-year-old son George F. Langbein Jr. shot himself dead. The authorities believed in suicide, the parents in an accident.
Langbein was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York County, 10th D.) in 1887.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (7th D.) in 1888 and 1889.