Emanuel B. Hart

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Emanuel Hart

| birth_name = Emanuel Bernard Hart

| birth_date = October 27, 1809

| death_date = August 29, 1897 (aged 87)

| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

| death_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

| resting_place = Cypress Hills Cemetery

| image = E. B. Hart.jpg

| party = Democratic

| state = New York

| district = 3rd

| term_start = March 4, 1851

| term_end = March 3, 1853

| predecessor = Jonas P. Phoenix

| successor = Hiram Walbridge

}}

Emanuel Bernard Hart (October 27, 1809 – August 29, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who one term served as a U.S. representative from New York from 1851 to 1853.

Early life and education

Born in New York City, Hart attended local public schools. He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1868.

Career

He engaged in mercantile pursuits.

He served as a colonel in the militia.

He served as a member of the New York City Board of Aldermen in 1845.

= Congress =

Hart was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853). Hart was New York's first Jewish congressman.[https://books.google.com/books?id=ACTF56SnaykC&q=jewish+members+in+congress Stone, Kurt F. "The Jews of Capitol Hill: A Compendium of Jewish Congressional Members, (2011).] Pages 13–14. {{ISBN|9780810857315}}.{{Cite news |last=Fandos |first=Nicholas |date=2022-06-22 |title=Could New York City Lose Its Last Remaining Jewish Congressman? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/22/nyregion/jewish-congress-nadler-nyc.html |access-date=2022-06-23 |issn=0362-4331}} He was the third person of Jewish descent to be elected to the United States Congress, after David Levy Yulee and Lewis Charles Levin.

=Electoral history=

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Whig Party (United States)

|candidate = J. Phillips Phoenix

|votes = 5,601

|percentage = 55.01

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Emanuel B. Hart

|votes = 3,788

|percentage = 37.20

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Free Soil Party

|candidate = Reuel Smith

|votes = 793

|percentage = 7.79

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 10,182

| percentage = 100.00

}}

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|winner = Whig Party (United States)

|loser = Democratic Party (United States)}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Emanuel B. Hart

|votes = 3,679

|percentage = 48.42

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = John F. Rodman

|votes = 2,164

|percentage = 28.48

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Whig Party (United States)

|candidate = James Bowen

|votes = 1,755

|percentage = 23.10

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 7,598

| percentage = 100.00

}}

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|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

|loser = Whig Party (United States)}}

= Later career and death =

He was later appointed by President James Buchanan to serve as surveyor of the Port of New York from 1857 to 1861. He also served as member of the city board of assessors. He served as president of Mount Sinai Hospital from 1870 to 1876 and New York City's commissioner of immigration from 1870 to 1873. He also worked as treasurer of the Society for the Relief of Poor Hebrews. He was a presidential elector in 1868.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jY80AQAAMAAJ|title=Proceedings of the New York Electoral College, Held at the Capital in the City of Albany, on the 1st Day of December, 1868|publisher=The Argus Company|year=1868|location=Albany, N.Y.|pages=22|language=en}}

Hart died in New York City on August 29, 1897. He was interred in Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.