Herbert H. Lehman

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American politician Democratic Party politician human

Herbert H. Lehman was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of New York and later as a U.S. senator, known for his advocacy of social welfare and liberal policies.

Aliases (1)

Herbert Henry Lehman ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician → Democratic Party politician → human →
birthName	Herbert Henry Lehman →
burialPlace	Kensico Cemetery →
conflict	World War I →
countryOfCitizenship	United States →
dateOfBirth	1878-03-28 →
dateOfDeath	1963-12-05 →
educatedAt	Williams College →
electedIn	1932 New York gubernatorial election → 1934 New York gubernatorial election → 1936 New York gubernatorial election → 1938 New York gubernatorial election →
endTime	1942-12-31 → 1957-01-03 →
familyName	Lehman →
father	Mayer Lehman →
givenName	Herbert →
hasPart	Herbert H. Lehman Center for American History (namesake) →
honorificName	Herbert H. Lehman College →
ideology	liberalism →
legislativeBody	United States Senate →
memberOf	New York State Government → United States Senate →
militaryBranch	United States Army →
mother	Babetta Newgass →
notableFor	advocacy for refugees and international relief → support for New Deal policies →
notableWork	advocacy of social welfare programs →
occupation	businessman → politician →
officeContested	Governor of New York →
placeOfBirth	New York → New York City → United States →
placeOfDeath	New York → New York City → United States →
politicalParty	Democratic Party →
positionHeld	Director-General of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration → Governor of New York → Lieutenant Governor of New York → United States Senator →
religion	Judaism →
represented	New York →
residence	New York City →
spouse	Edith Altschul →
startTime	1933-01-01 → 1949-01-03 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Herbert H. Lehman ("Herbert Henry Lehman") →	birthName
Harry Hopkins →	workedUnder