Harold Jay Hinman (February 22, 1877 – February 21, 1955) was an American politician from

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Life

He was born on February 22, 1877, in

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, the son of Addison Josiah Hinman and Susan Mary DuBois (Hotaling) Hinman. He attended the public schools and Albany High School. He graduated

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from

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in 1899, and LL.B. from Albany Law School in 1901. He was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in Albany. He married Lucy Emma Warner (1882–1857), and they had two daughters. He also entered politics as a Republican. Hinman was a member of the

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(Albany Co., 1st D.) in

1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ...

1913 Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not ven ...

1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...

and

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ...

. He was Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary in 1912; Minority Leader in 1913; and Majority Leader in 1914 and 1915. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1915. He was a Deputy Attorney General from 1915 to 1918. In November 1918, he was elected to the

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. He was designated to the Appellate Division (3rd Dept.) in February 1922, and remained on the bench until the end of 1932 when his term expired. He died on February 21, 1955, at his home at 292 State Street in

; and was buried at the Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands.''List Honorary Bearers For Justice Hinman Rites''
newspaper clipping of February 23, 1955, at Albany Hill Towns

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hinman, Harold J. 1877 births 1955 deaths Politicians from Albany, New York Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly Albany Law School alumni New York Supreme Court Justices Union College (New York) alumni Burials at Albany Rural Cemetery Lawyers from Albany, New York