Rosenman, Samuel I. (Samuel Irving), 1896-1973

Lawyer and judge.

Judge.

Samuel Irving Rosenman (1896-1973), lawyer and presidential advisor, was a graduate of Columbia Law School, and joined the New York Bar in 1920. He served as a member of the New York State Legislature from 1922 to 1926 and then became the State's legislative bill drafting commissioner. In 1929, he was appointed Counsel to Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt. He held this position until 1932 when he was chosen by Roosevelt to fill a vacancy on the New York Supreme Court. He was re-appointed to the bench the following year and was later elected to a fourteen-year term. Rosenman was also an advisor to the President Roosevelt on war manpower, housing, information services, and inflation. He resigned as a justice in 1943 to become Special Counsel to the President. He accompanied Roosevelt on his inspection trip to the Pacific Coast and Hawaii in the summer of 1944 and in February of the next year, went to Europe to survey the problems of providing supplies to the civilian populations of the liberated areas. After Roosevelt's death, Rosenman remained as Special Counsel to President Harry S. Truman until January 1946. He then started a private law practice with the firm of Rosenman, Goldmark, Colin and Kaye in New York City. He later served on several Presidential fact-finding boards.

Attorney, government official.

Rosenman served under Franklin D. Roosevelt as Governor and President. Rosenman was also editor of the PUBLIC PAPERS AND ADDRESSES OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT; and served on the New York Supreme Court, 1933-1943.

Justice of the New York Supreme Court, a special council to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Columbia University, A.B., 1915; LL.B., 1918.