 |
History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkHerman August METZ
(1867-1934)
METZ, Herman August, a
Representative from New York; born in New York City October 19,
1867; attended private and public schools; manufacturer and
importer of dyestuffs, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals; member of
the board of education of Brooklyn and the city of New York;
comptroller of the city of New York 1906-1910; member of the
commission appointed by Governor Hughes to draft the New York City
charter in 1907 and 1908 and of the charter commission appointed by
Governor Miller in 1922; commissioner of the State board of
charities; was the nominee of Kings County for Governor in 1912,
but withdrew in favor of William Sulzer after the second ballot;
first lieutenant, captain, lieutenant colonel, and brigadier
general of the Fourteenth Infantry, New York National Guard;
elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4,
1913-March 3, 1915); was not a candidate for renomination in 1914;
resumed former business activities; delegate to the Democratic
National Conventions in 1904, 1908, and 1920; during the First
World War was ordnance officer, with the rank of lieutenant
colonel, in the Twenty-seventh Division; colonel in the ordnance
department of the Officers’ Reserve Corps; unsuccessful
candidate for election in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress; died
in a hospital in New Rochelle, N.Y., May 17, 1934; interment in
Kensico Cemetery, Westchester, N.Y.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
Related Links
|
24 X 7
Private Tutor
|
24 x 7 Tutor Availability |
|
|
Unlimited Online Tutoring |
|
|
1-on-1 Tutoring |
|
