Nathan D. Perlman
Portrait byHarris & Ewingc. 1920–1927
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's14th district
In office November 2, 1920 – March 3, 1927
Preceded by	Fiorello La Guardia
Succeeded by	William I. Sirovich
Member of theNew York State Assembly from the 6thNew York district
In office January 1, 1915 – December 31, 1917
Preceded by	William Sulzer
Succeeded by	Elmer Rosenberg
Personal details
Born	Nathan David Perlman (1887-08-02)August 2, 1887 Prusice,Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Died	June 29, 1952(1952-06-29) (aged 64) New York City, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	College of the City of New York New York University Law School

Nathan David Perlman (August 2, 1887 – June 29, 1952) was an American lawyer and politician fromNew York who served as a member of theU.S. House of Representatives from 1920 to 1927.

Born inPrusice,Congress Poland (then part of theRussian Empire),^[1][2] Perlman immigrated to the United States in 1891 with his mother where they settled inNew York City. After attending the city's public schools he pursued higher education by attendingCollege of the City of New York; andNew York University Law School. Perlman graduated from law school in 1907, was admitted to thebar in 1909, and practiced law in New York City.

Perlman was a Special DeputyNew York Attorney General from 1912 to 1914; and a member of theNew York State Assembly (New York Co., 6th D.) in1915,1916 and1917.

He was elected as aRepublican to the66th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofFiorello H. La Guardia. Perlman was re-elected to the67th,68th and69th United States Congresses, holding office from November 2, 1920, to March 3, 1927.

Afterwards Perlman resumed the practice of law. He was a delegate to the New York State Convention to enact theTwenty-first Amendment, and then became a New York City Magistrate serving from May 1, 1935, to September 1, 1936.

Perlman wanted to disrupt rallies in New York organized by theGerman American Bund, but could not find any legal means or justification to do so. Setting the law aside, Perlman then conspired with the organized crime figureMeyer Lansky to violently attack the rallies using Jewish mobsters. These attacks went on for months.^[3][4]

At theNew York state election, 1936, he ran on theRepublican ticket forNew York Attorney General but was defeated by the incumbentJohn J. Bennett Jr. He was then appointed as a justice of the Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York on November 26, 1936, and was re-appointed on July 1, 1945.

Perlman was a senior official of theAmerican Jewish Congress and, in 1945, consulted with and provided assistance to U.S. Supreme Court JusticeRobert H. Jackson, President Truman's appointee to serve as chief U.S. prosecutor of Nazi war criminals.

Perlman died at Beth Israel Hospital in New York City, and was buried atMount Hebron Cemetery inQueens.^[1]

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