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Samuel Untermyer
Samuel Untermyer (March 6, 1858 – March 16, 1940) was a prominent American lawyer and civic leader. He is also remembered for bequeathing his Yonkers, New York estate, now known as Untermyer Park, to the people of New York State.
Samuel Untermyer was born in Lynchburg, Virginia to Isadore Untermyer (Yiddish: איזאַדאָרע ינטערמייער) and Therese Landauer (Yiddish: טהערעסע לאַנדאַוער ונטערמעיער), both of whom were German Jews who emigrated to the United States from Bavaria. His father, a planter, served as a lieutenant in the Confederate States Army. Following his death in 1866, the family moved to New York City.
He began his higher education at the City College of New York before receiving his LL.B. from Columbia University in 1878.
Following his admission to the bar, Untermyer started practicing in New York City. His younger brother, Maurice Untermyer, was later admitted, while he also recruited Columbia classmate Louis Marshall to join the firm in 1895. They, with Randolph Guggenheimer and his descendants, practiced as Guggenheimer, Untermyer & Marshall for 45 years.[citation needed]
Untermyer gained fame as a lawyer focusing on corporate law. An exponent of the Progressive Era, he became an advocate of stock market regulations, government ownership of railroads and various legal reforms. He was also the first attorney to earn a million dollars on a single case.[citation needed]
Between the start of his practice and 1921, Untermyer was counsel in many celebrated cases, specifically:
Untermyer later served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from New York in 1932 and 1936. He was also a delegate to the New York Constitutional Convention in 1938.
Untermyer also identified as a Zionist and served as president of the Keren Hayesod, an agency through which the movement was then and still is conducted in the United States.
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Samuel Untermyer
Samuel Untermyer (March 6, 1858 – March 16, 1940) was a prominent American lawyer and civic leader. He is also remembered for bequeathing his Yonkers, New York estate, now known as Untermyer Park, to the people of New York State.
Samuel Untermyer was born in Lynchburg, Virginia to Isadore Untermyer (Yiddish: איזאַדאָרע ינטערמייער) and Therese Landauer (Yiddish: טהערעסע לאַנדאַוער ונטערמעיער), both of whom were German Jews who emigrated to the United States from Bavaria. His father, a planter, served as a lieutenant in the Confederate States Army. Following his death in 1866, the family moved to New York City.
He began his higher education at the City College of New York before receiving his LL.B. from Columbia University in 1878.
Following his admission to the bar, Untermyer started practicing in New York City. His younger brother, Maurice Untermyer, was later admitted, while he also recruited Columbia classmate Louis Marshall to join the firm in 1895. They, with Randolph Guggenheimer and his descendants, practiced as Guggenheimer, Untermyer & Marshall for 45 years.[citation needed]
Untermyer gained fame as a lawyer focusing on corporate law. An exponent of the Progressive Era, he became an advocate of stock market regulations, government ownership of railroads and various legal reforms. He was also the first attorney to earn a million dollars on a single case.[citation needed]
Between the start of his practice and 1921, Untermyer was counsel in many celebrated cases, specifically:
Untermyer later served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from New York in 1932 and 1936. He was also a delegate to the New York Constitutional Convention in 1938.
Untermyer also identified as a Zionist and served as president of the Keren Hayesod, an agency through which the movement was then and still is conducted in the United States.
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