| Herbert H. Lehman AKA Herbert Henry Lehman Born: 28-Mar-1878
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 5-Dec-1963
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician, Philanthropist
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Governor of New York, 1933-42 Military service: US Army (WWI, colonel 1917-19) Father: Meyer Lehman (founder, Lehman Brothers)
Brother: Philip
Brother: Arthur
Sister: Clara L. Limberg (d. 1932)
Wife: Edith Louise Altschul (m. 1910)
Daughter: Hilda
Son: Peter (d. 1944 WWII)
Son: John
High School: Dwight School
University: BA, Williams College (1899)
US Senator, New York (1949-57)
US Official Public Advisory Board, Economic Cooperation Administration (1948)
UN Official Director-General, UN Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (1943-46)
US State Department Director, Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations (1943)
Governor of New York (1933-42)
Lieutenant Governor of New York (1929-32)
American Joint Distribution Committee Co-Founder (1914)
Democratic National Committee Chair, Finance Committee (1928)
Lehman Brothers Partner (1908-)
Americans for Democratic Action
Council on Foreign Relations
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
German Ancestry
Jewish Ancestry
Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (28-Jan-1964)
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