Herbert Henry Lehman was a Democratic Party politician from New York. He served from 1933 until 1942 as the 45th governor of New York and represented New York State in the United States Senate from 1950 until 1957.
Herbert H. Lehman was born to a Reform Jewish family in New York City, the son of Babetta and Germanborn immigrant Mayer Lehman, one of the three brothers who cofounded the Lehman Brothers investment banking firm. Herberts father arrived from Rimpar, Germany, in 1848, settling in Montgomery, Alabama, where he engaged in the cotton business, and eventually moved to New York City after the Civil War.
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