Philip Perlman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Philip Perlman

American lawyer

Date of Birth: 05-Mar-1890

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Date of Death: 19-Jun-1960

Profession: actor, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Philip Perlman

  • Philip B.
  • Perlman (March 5, 1890, Baltimore – July 31, 1960) was a Baltimore native, the son of Benjamin and Rose Nathan Perlman.
  • Graduating from Baltimore City College secondary school in 1908, Perlman worked as a reporter for the Baltimore American while studying political economy at Johns Hopkins University.
  • He studied law at the University of Maryland School of Law, being admitted to the bar one year prior to receiving a law degree in 1912.
  • He began working for The Evening Sun in 1910, first as a court reporter, and then as City Editor from 1913–1917.
  • It was probably at this time that he got to know H.
  • L.
  • Mencken. Leaving newspaper work in 1917, Perlman began many years of public service, interspersed with private law practice.
  • Initially he worked under then Attorney General of Maryland, Albert C.
  • Ritchie, as an assistant in the State Law Department, then became Assistant Maryland Attorney General in 1918.
  • With Ritchie's election to the Maryland governorship in 1919, he appointed Perlman Secretary of State.
  • Legislation drafted by Perlman included the bill providing for women's voting.
  • In the 1920s, Perlman was City Solicitor of Baltimore and established a private law practice; in the 1930s he served on a commission to revise city zoning laws and on the first Maryland Water Resources Commission; in the 1940s he advised Governor William Preston Lane, Jr.
  • on issues such as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge construction and highway improvement.
  • In Perlman's private law practice, he was noted for civil rights cases. Moving to the level of national politics, Perlman became the first Jewish U.S.
  • Solicitor General, serving from 1947–1952 under President Harry S.
  • Truman, where he chaired Truman's Commission on Immigration and Naturalization, and was noted for helping to write the 1948 and 1960 platforms for the Democratic National Convention.
  • At the time of his death, Perlman maintained a law practice with the firm Perlman, Lyons and Emmerglick in Washington, D.C., was president of the board of trustees of the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, and a member of the Maryland Historical Society.
  • He was also a member of the National Press Club and the Associated Jewish Charities.
  • A bachelor, he had a home on Park Heights Avenue in Baltimore, and a suite at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.

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