Edward Lauterbach

thumb|{{center|Edward Lauterbach}} '''Edward Lauterbach''' (August 12, 1844 – March 4, 1923), was Chairman of the Republican County Committee in New York and the defense attorney for David Lamar, the "Wolf of Wall Street". He was a trustee of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum for over 39 years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Honor Lauterbach For Aid To Orphans. Beneficiaries Of His 39 Years As Trustee Of Hebrew Asylum Pay A Tribute. Library Named For Him And Portrait Presented |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9901E4D91431EF33A25757C1A9679D946095D6CF |quote=The completion of thirty-nine years by Edward Lauterbach as trustee of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum was commemorated yesterday by over 2,000 men, women and children, the majority of whom had directly benefited from his ser vices for the institution. |work=The New York Times |date=November 14, 1921 |access-date=2010-07-10 }}</ref>

==Biography== He was born on August 12, 1844, in New York City. His education was begun in the public schools and continued in the College of the City of New York, where he graduated with honors in 1864. He received his degree entered upon a course of law in the offices of Townsend, Dyett & Morrison. After his admission to the New York City Bar Association he became a member of this firm, which was then reorganized under the name of Morrison, Lauterbach & Spingarn.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title= Edward Lauterbach |year=1903 |encyclopedia=Prominent and progressive Americans | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W0YDAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Edward%20Lauterbach%22&pg=PA133 }}{{Source-attribution}}</ref>

He was a delegate to the 1894 New York State Constitutional Convention.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OiufUDG-zboC|title=The Convention Manual of Procedure, Forms and Rules for the Regulation of Business in the Sixth New York State Constitutional Convention, 1894: Delegates Manual and Introduction|publisher=The Argus Company|year=1894|location=Albany, N.Y.|pages=xiv|via=Google Books}}</ref> He served one term on the New York State Board of Regents from 1904 to 1911.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8DAbAQAAIAAJ&q=Edward+Lauterbach+Regents&pg=PA932|title=Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York|last=Assembly|first=New York (State) Legislature|date=1912-01-01|language=en}}</ref>

His only son Alfred Lauterbach died at the age of 37 in a car accident early morning July 30, 1908.<ref>Boston Globe July 31, 1908 page 2.https://secure.pqarchiver.com/boston-sub/doc/501061973.html?FMT=AI&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+31%2C+1908&author=&pub=Boston+Daily+Globe+%281872-1922%29&edition=&startpage=10&desc=CONDUCTOR+KNOCKED+OFF.</ref>

He died on March 4, 1923.<ref>{{cite news |title=Edward Lauterbach, Lawyer, Dies at 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1923/03/05/archives/edw-ladterbach-uwyerdiesat78-heart-disease-causes-death-of-member.html |quote=Edward Lauterbach, one of the lawyers in the city, died yesterday at his home ... Mr. Lauterbach had suffered from bronchitis, but heart disease ... |work=The New York Times |date=March 5, 1923 |access-date=2010-07-10 }}</ref>

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==External links== *''Jewish Encyclopedia:'' [https://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/9668-lauterbach-edward "Lauterbach, Edward"] by Cyrus Adler (1906). *{{Commons category-inline}}

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