# Abraham Beckerman

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{{Short description|American socialist politician}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2026}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name         = Abraham Beckerman
| image        = Alderman Beckerman LCCN2014710237 Trim.jpg
| caption      = Beckerman in 1920
| office1      = Member of the<br/>[New York City Board of Aldermen](/source/New_York_City_Board_of_Aldermen)<br />from the 6th district
| term_start1  = January 1, 1918
| term_end1    = December 31, 1921
| predecessor1 =
| successor1   = 
| birth_name   = 
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1890|09|27}}
| birth_place  = [London, England](/source/London%2C_England), [U.K.](/source/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland)
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1964|07|31|1890|09|27}}
| death_place  = [Miami Beach, Florida](/source/Miami_Beach%2C_Florida), U.S.
| party        = [Socialist](/source/Socialist_Party_of_America)
| other_party  = 
| alma_mater   = 
| occupation   = Politician
| spouse       = {{marriage|Anna Berman|1921}}
| children     = {{flatlist|
* Ruth
* Joan
}} 
}}
'''Abraham Beckerman''' (September 27, 1890 – July 31, 1964) was an English-born<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 for Abraham Beckerman |url=https://www.ancestryinstitution.com/imageviewer/collections/1002/images/2wwii_2370931-0140?pId=7430702 |website=ancestry.com |publisher=United States Department of War |access-date=3 March 2025 |date=1942}}</ref> American labor leader, politician and convicted criminal. In 1937, he was found guilty of [racketeering](/source/racketeering) for using his position as general manager of the Fur Dressers Factor Corporation to aid mobsters [Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro](/source/Jacob_%22Gurrah%22_Shapiro) and [Louis "Lepke" Buchalter](/source/Louis_%22Lepke%22_Buchalter) in a conspiracy to control the $75 million fur-dressing industry.<ref>{{cite news |title=BECKERMAN DIES; SOCIALIST WAS 74; Labor Official Figured in '37 Fur Industry Conspiracy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/08/03/archives/beckerman-dies-socialist-was-74-labor-official-figured-in-37-fur-in.html |access-date=3 March 2025 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=3 August 1964 |location=New York}}</ref>

He was previously a [Socialist Party](/source/Socialist_Party_of_America) politician, representing [Manhattan's](/source/Manhattan) 6th district on the [New York City Board of Aldermen](/source/New_York_City_Board_of_Aldermen) from 1918<ref>{{cite news |title=Tammany retains Aldermanic hold; 7 Socialists win |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/57089767/?terms=beckerman&match=1 |access-date=3 March 2025 |work=[Brooklyn Eagle](/source/Brooklyn_Eagle) |date=7 November 1917 |location=Brooklyn}}</ref> to 1921.<ref>{{cite news |title=Democrats Gain 15 Seats in Board of Aldermen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/100126140/?terms=beckerman&match=1 |access-date=3 March 2025 |work=[New-York Tribune](/source/New-York_Tribune) |date=10 November 1921 |location=New York}}</ref> After he left office, he became general manager of the [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) Joint Board of the [Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America](/source/Amalgamated_Clothing_Workers_of_America).<ref>{{cite news |title=New York Joint Board |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_new-leader_1926-04-03_3_12/page/n6/mode/1up?q=beckerman |access-date=3 March 2025 |work=[The New Leader](/source/The_New_Leader) |date=3 April 1926 |location=New York}}</ref> During his tenure, Beckerman fought to rid the unions of [Communist](/source/Communist) influence with what former colleague [Baruch Charney Vladeck](/source/Baruch_Charney_Vladeck) dubbed "Beckerman's knuckles."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Epstein |first1=Melech |title=The Jew and Communism |date=1959 |publisher=Trade Union Sponsoring Committee |location=New York |page=135 |url=https://archive.org/details/jewcommunismstor0000mele/page/135/mode/1up |access-date=3 March 2025}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=317494 Our Campaigns - Beckerman, Abraham I.]
* [https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/fur-dressers-case FBI - Fur Dressers Case]

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Category:Socialist Party of America politicians from New York (state)
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