G. Murray Hulbert

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G. Murray Hulbert
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st district
In office March 4 1915 - January 1 1918
Preceded by	Henry George, Jr.
Succeeded by	Jerome F. Donovan

Born	May 14 1881(1881-05-14) Rochester, New York
Died	April 26 1950 (aged 68) Bayport, New York
Political party	Democratic

George Murray Hulbert (May 14 1881 - April 26 1950) was a United States Representative from New York.

Hulbert was born in Rochester, New York on May 14 1881 and moved to Waterloo, New York, where he attended the public schools. He was graduated from the New York Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1902 and practiced law in New York City; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1915, to January 1, 1918, when he resigned to become commissioner of docks and director of the port of New York City; elected president of the Board of Aldermen of New York City in November 1921 and served as acting mayor during the long illness of Mayor Hylan; president of the Boston, Cape Cod & New York Canal Co.; resumed the practice of law until June 1934, when he was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as district judge to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, in which capacity he served until his death in Bayport, Long Island, interment in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.

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G. Murray Hulbert at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by Henry George, Jr.	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st congressional district 1915 - 1918	Succeeded by Jerome F. Donovan