James Male

James Male ({{Circa|1896}} – January 15, 1947) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

Male was born in around 1896{{Cite news|date=17 January 1947|title=James Male|volume=XCVI|page=23|work=The New York Times|issue=32500|location=New York, N.Y.|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1947/01/17/88737909.pdf}} in New York City, New York. He attended Townsend Harris High School, the City College of New York, and Fordham University, graduating from the latter school with an LL.B. He then began an active law practice in New York City.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qo5FAQAAMAAJ|title=The New York Red Book|publisher=J. B. Lyon Company|year=1922|editor-last=Malcolm|editor-first=James|location=Albany, N.Y.|pages=121|language=en|via=Google Books}}

In 1921, Male was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Democrat, representing the New York County 19th District. He served in the Assembly in 1922, 1923,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kndIAAAAYAAJ|title=The New York Red Book|publisher=J. B. Lyon Company|year=1923|editor-last=Malcolm|editor-first=James|location=Albany, N.Y.|pages=109|language=en|via=Google Books}} and 1924.{{Cite book|url=https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/562888-new-york-red-book-an-illustrated-legislative-manual-containing-the-portraits-and-biographies-of-the-u-s-senators-governor-state-officers-and-members-of-the-legislature-also-with-the-portraits-of-judges-and-court-reporters-1924?viewer=1&offset=0#page=212&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=|title=The New York Red Book|publisher=J. B. Lyon Company|year=1924|isbn=|editor-last=Malcolm|editor-first=James|location=Albany, N.Y.|pages=105|language=en|via=FamilySearch}} He lost the 1924 re-election to Republican Abraham Grenthal.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vc8GAQAAIAAJ|title=The New York Red Book|publisher=J. B. Lyon Company|year=1925|isbn=|editor-last=Malcolm|editor-first=James|location=Albany, N.Y.|pages=549|language=en|via=Google Books}} He then worked as assistant district attorney and assistant corporation counsel. He later moved to Pelham Manor, where he worked in the real estate business and served as Town Justice in 1936.

Male was a member of the Improved Order of Red Men.

Male died while vacationing in Havana, Cuba on January 15, 1947. He was buried in Ferncliff Cemetery.{{Cite web|title=Find Family & Friends|url=https://ferncliffcemetery.com/visit-ferncliff/search/|access-date=2021-10-26|website=Ferncliff Cemetery|language=en-US}}