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George Z. Medalie

American judge

Field	Value
name	George Zerdin Medalie
image	Image:George Z. Medalie.jpg
caption	Official portrait
party	Republican
office	Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
term_start	September 28, 1945
term_end	March 5, 1946
appointed	Thomas E. Dewey
predecessor	John T. Loughran
successor	Stanley H. Fuld
office1	United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
term_start1	1931
term_end1	November 1933
predecessor1	Robert E. Manley (acting)
successor1	Thomas E. Dewey (acting)
alma_mater	Columbia College
Columbia Law School
children	Gladys Heldman
Arthur Medalie
birth_date	November 21, 1883
birth_place	New York City, New York
death_date

Columbia Law School Arthur Medalie George Zerdin Medalie (November 21, 1883 in New York City – March 5, 1946 in Albany, New York) was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

Medalie graduated from Columbia College, with Phi Beta Kappa honors, in 1905 and from Columbia Law School in 1907. He began practicing law in New York City and went on to serve as the Special Assistant New York State Attorney General in charge of the prosecution of election fraud from 1926 to 1928.

In 1931, he was appointed by President Herbert Hoover U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Medalie appointed Thomas E. Dewey as his Chief Assistant, and when Medalie resigned in November 1933, Dewey acted as U.S. Attorney for a month.

In 1932, he ran on the Republican ticket for U.S. Senator from New York, but was defeated by the incumbent Democrat Robert F. Wagner.

On September 28, 1945, he was appointed by Dewey, now Governor, to the New York Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of John T. Loughran as Chief Judge, and died in office.

He died of acute bronchitis.

Gladys Heldman was his daughter and Arthur Medalie was his son.

Sources

The History of the New York Court of Appeals, 1932-2003 by Bernard S. Meyer, Burton C. Agata & Seth H. Agata (page 22)
http://www.courts.state.ny.us/history/elecbook/thereshallbe/pg102.htm Court of Appeals judges
JUDGE G.Z. MEDALIE DIES IN ALBANY AT 62 in NYT on March 6, 1946 (subscription required)

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