Maurice Calman

{{Short description|American socialist politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Maurice Calman

| image = Maurice Calman 1947.jpg

| caption = Calman {{circa}} 1947

| office1 = Member of the
New York City Board of Aldermen
from the 20th district

| term_start1 = January 1, 1918

| term_end1 = December 31, 1919

| predecessor1 =

| successor1 =

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1887|01|15}}

| birth_place = Roman, Kingdom of Romania

| death_date = {{death date and age|1970|01|27|1887|01|15}}

| death_place = Glen Rock, New Jersey, U.S.

| resting_place =

| party = Socialist
Liberal

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| alma_mater =

| occupation = Politician, dentist

| spouse = Sarah Braunstein

| children = {{flatlist|

• Sylvia
• Annette
• Clarence

}}

}}

Maurice Samuel Calman{{cite book |last1=Mullan |first1=Fitzhugh |title=Big Doctoring in America |date=2002 |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley |pages=39–40 |url=https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=kt629020tn&chunk.id=ss2.03&toc.depth=1&toc.id=ss1.11&brand=ucpress |access-date=4 March 2025}} (January 15, 1887 – January 27, 1970) was a Romanian-born{{cite web |title=U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 for Maurice Samuel Calman |url=https://www-ancestryinstitution-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/imageviewer/collections/1002/images/NY-2283442-0876?pId=3456905 |website=ancestry.com |publisher=United States Department of War |access-date=4 March 2025 |date=1942}} American politician and dentist who served as a Socialist member of the New York City Board of Aldermen, representing Manhattan's 20th district from 1918{{cite news |title=Tammany retains Aldermanic hold; 7 Socialists win |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/57089767/?terms=Colman&match=1 |access-date=3 March 2025 |work=Brooklyn Eagle |date=7 November 1917 |location=Brooklyn}} to 1919.{{cite news |title=Socialists lose 3 Aldermanic seats; leader Lee beaten |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/55309283/?terms=Calman&match=1 |access-date=4 March 2025 |work=Brooklyn Eagle |date=5 November 1919 |location=Brooklyn}}

Calman later became active in the Liberal Party of New York, running for State Senate in 1947.{{cite web |title=Calman, Maurice |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=158993 |website=ourcampaigns.com |access-date=4 March 2025}} He died at his sons' home in Glen Rock, New Jersey on January 27, 1970.{{cite news |title=DR. MAURICE S. CALMAN |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/01/31/archives/dr-maurice-s-calman.html |access-date=4 March 2025 |work=The New York Times |date=31 January 1970 |location=New York}}