Name George Hulbert | Preceded by Henry George, Jr. Political party Democratic Education New York Law School | |
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Born May 14, 1881Rochester, New York ( 1881-05-14 ) Died April 26, 1950, Bayport, New York, United States | ||
George Murray Hulbert (May 14, 1881 – April 26, 1950), sometimes called Murray Hulbert was a United States Representative from New York.
Biography
Hulbert was born in Rochester, New York on May 14, 1881 and moved to Waterloo, New York, where he attended the public schools. He was graduated from the New York Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1902 and practiced law in New York City; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1915, to January 1, 1918, when he resigned to become Commissioner of Docks and director of the port of New York City; elected president of the Board of Aldermen of New York City in November 1921 and served as acting mayor during the long illness of Mayor Hylan; president of the Boston, Cape Cod & New York Canal; resumed the practice of law until June 1934, when he was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as district judge to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, in which capacity he served until his death in Bayport, Long Island. He was buried in Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York.