James Male

'''James Male''' (December 13, 1895 – January 15, 1947) was an American politician, lawyer, and judge. A Democrat, he served three terms in the New York State Assembly.

== Early life == Male was born on December 13, 1895, in New York City,<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=1947-01-17 |title=James Male of Pelham Manor, Former Judge, Dies in Havana |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-standard-star-james-male-of-pelham-m/194274388/ |access-date=2026-03-27 |work=The Standard-Star |location=New Rochelle, New York |pages=2 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> the son of Fannie Male and Max Male.<ref name=":3" /> He graduated from Townsend Harris High School.<ref name=":3" /> He then graduated from City College of New York and Fordham University, earning an LL.B. from the latter.<ref name=":3" />

== Career == Male began his active law practice in New York City.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qo5FAQAAMAAJ|title=The New York Red Book|publisher=J. B. Lyon Company|year=1922|editor-last=Malcolm|editor-first=James|location=Albany, N.Y.|language=en|via=Google Books}}</ref>{{Reference page|page=121}} In 1921, Male was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Democrat, representing the New York County 19th District. He served in the Assembly in 1922, 1923, and 1924.<ref name=":2" />{{Reference page|page=|pages=105, 109, 121}} He lost the 1924 re-election to Republican Abraham Grenthal.<ref name=":2" />{{Reference page|page=549}}

Male then worked as assistant district attorney for New York County and assistant corporation counsel for New York City.<ref name=":3" /> He later moved to Pelham Manor, where he worked in the real estate business and served as town justice in 1936.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=17 January 1947|title=James Male|volume=XCVI|page=23|work=The New York Times|issue=32500|location=New York, N.Y.|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1947/01/17/88737909.pdf}}</ref> He continued his private law practice in New York City, moving it to Pelham in 1939.<ref name=":3" />

Male was a member of the New York County Lawyers Association.<ref name=":3" />

== Personal life == In 1921, Male married Dorothy Marton of New York City.<ref name=":3" /> They had three children: Morton, Herbert, and Selma.<ref name=":3" />

Male was a member of the Improved Order of Red Men.<ref name=":2" />{{Reference page|page=121}}<ref name=":3" /> He belonged to the Free Synagogue in Mount Vernon, New York.<ref name=":3" />

Male died on January 15, 1947, from a myocardial infraction, while vacationing in Havana, Cuba.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0" /> He was buried in Ferncliff Cemetery, in Westchester County, New York.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Find Family & Friends|url=https://ferncliffcemetery.com/visit-ferncliff/search/|access-date=2021-10-26|website=Ferncliff Cemetery|language=en-US}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* ''[https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/majors-malloney.html#218.97.10 The Political Graveyard]''

{{s-start}}{{s-par|us-ny-hs}} {{succession box | title = New York State Assembly <br>New York County, 19th District | years = 1922–1924 | before = Marguerite L. Smith | after = Abraham Grenthal }} {{s-end}}

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