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Leonard Anthony Giegerich (May 20, 1855 – December 20, 1927) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge from New York.
Giegerich immigrated to America with his family when he was one, settling with them in
The Political Graveyard
' {{DEFAULTSORT:Giegerich, Leonard A. 1855 births 1927 deaths Bavarian emigrants to the United States Politicians from the Kingdom of Bavaria People from Cham (district) People from Woodstock, Connecticut Lawyers from New York City Politicians from Manhattan 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century American legislators Members of the New York State Assembly New York Supreme Court Justices 19th-century American judges 20th-century American judges Catholics from New York (state) Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
Life
Giegerich was born on May 20, 1855, inRötz
Rötz is a town in the district of Cham, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 17 km northwest of Cham, and 30 km east of Schwandorf
Schwandorf is a town on the river Naab in the Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, which is the seat of ...
, Kingdom of Bavaria
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, the son of Leonhard Giegerich and Theresa Kramer.
Giegerich immigrated to America with his family when he was one, settling with them in Woodstock, Connecticut
Woodstock is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 8,221 at the 2020 census.
History
17th century
In the mid-17th century, John Eliot, a Puritan missionary to the Native Americans, established "praying town ...
. In 1860, they moved to New York City
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, settling in the Eleventh Ward. He attended the St. Nicholas parochial school and the De La Salle Institute
English: Sign of Faith
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. He began working to support his family when he was 12. He was admitted to the state bar in 1877.
Giegerich was a member of the Tammany Hall General Committee. In 1886, he was elected to the New York State Assembly
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The Assem ...
as a Democrat
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Politics
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*A member of a Democratic Party:
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, representing the New York County
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12th District. He served in the Assembly in 1887
Events
January–March
* January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
* January 20
** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Har ...
. In 1887, President Cleveland
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appointed him collector of internal revenue for the third New York district. In 1890, Governor Hill appointed him to fill an empty bench on the City Court. Later that year, he was elected County Clerk. He resigned from the office in 1891, when Governor Hill appointed him to fill a vacancy in the Court of Common Pleas. In 1892, he was nominated by both parties and elected to serve a full 14-year term on the bench. He was a delegate to the 1894 New York State Constitutional Convention. Under the new state constitution, he became a justice on the New York Supreme Court
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. He was re-elected to the office twice and retired as justice in 1925.
Giegerich was a prominent Catholic
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in New York City, serving as president of the Catholic Club
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. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Press Club
Organizations
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, the Catholic Benevolent Legion
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, the Arion Society The Arion Society was a German-American musical society. It was founded in January 1854 to promote "the perpetuation of love for some of the characteristic elements of German civilization". It was disbanded because of Anti-German sentiment following ...
, the Manhattan Club, the New-York Historical Society, and the New York County Lawyers' Association
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The New York County Lawyers Association was founded in 1908 because the existing bar association excluded some lawyers from membership due to their ra ...
. He was also an honorary member of the New York State Bar Association
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. In 1877, he married Louise M. Boll. Their children were Leonard A. Jr. and Arthur Nicholas.
Giegerich died at home on December 20, 1927. He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.
References
External links
*The Political Graveyard
' {{DEFAULTSORT:Giegerich, Leonard A. 1855 births 1927 deaths Bavarian emigrants to the United States Politicians from the Kingdom of Bavaria People from Cham (district) People from Woodstock, Connecticut Lawyers from New York City Politicians from Manhattan 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century American legislators Members of the New York State Assembly New York Supreme Court Justices 19th-century American judges 20th-century American judges Catholics from New York (state) Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)