Harry Bacharach (October 24, 1873 – May 13, 1947) was the Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1912 for 6 months, and from 1916 to 1920, and again from 1930 to 1935. A
Republican
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, he also served as a
city commissioner
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These commissione ...
.
Biography
Bacharach was born in 1873 in
Philadelphia
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. His brother was United States Congressman
Isaac Bacharach
Isaac Bacharach (January 5, 1870 – September 5, 1956) was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 2nd congressional district from 1915 to 1937.
Early life and education
Born in Philadelphia, Bacharach ...
.
In 1914, Bacharach was tried for election fraud in the 1910 mayoral election.
He died on May 13, 1947 in Atlantic City.
heritage
The
Bacharach Giants
The Bacharach Giants were a Negro league baseball team that played in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Founding
The club was founded when two African-American politicians moved the Duval Giants of Jacksonville, Florida, to Atlantic City in 1916 an ...
, a
Negro league
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baseball
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team that played in Atlantic City, were created by his political allies and used his name as a promotional vehicle for the 1916 mayoral election.
Harry and his brother, Congressman
Isaac Bacharach
Isaac Bacharach (January 5, 1870 – September 5, 1956) was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 2nd congressional district from 1915 to 1937.
Early life and education
Born in Philadelphia, Bacharach ...
, founded the Betty Bacharach Home for Afflicted Children in honor of their mother, which opened in 1924. The home cared for children afflicted with
infantile paralysis
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. The building at 2305 Atlantic Avenue,
Longport, New Jersey
Longport is a borough in Atlantic County, New Jersey on the Atlantic Ocean shore of Absecon Island. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 895,Boardwalk Empire''.