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Louis P. Goldberg
Goldberg c. 1943
Member of the New York City Council
from Brooklyn At-Large
In office
January 1, 1946 – December 31, 1949
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
In office
January 1, 1942 – December 31, 1943
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byMulti-member district
Personal details
Born
Louis Palatnik Goldberg

(1889-02-15)February 15, 1889
Russian Empire
DiedDecember 11, 1957(1957-12-11) (aged 68)
New York City, U.S.
Political partySocialist (before 1936)
American Labor (1936–1944)
Liberal (after 1944)
Other political
affiliations		Social Democratic Federation (1936–1957)
Spouse
Eleanore Levenson
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(m. 1926)​
ChildrenKarl
OccupationLawyer, politician

Louis Palatnik Goldberg[1] (February 15, 1889 – December 11, 1957) was a Russian-born[2] Jewish-American Socialist, American Labor and Liberal Party lawyer and politician who served on the New York City Council from 1942 to 1943 and again from 1946 to 1949,[3] representing Brooklyn.[4] When Goldberg was re-elected in 1945 alongside Ira J. Palestin, they became the first elected officials of the Liberal Party of New York.[5]

Goldberg as a candidate for State Assembly, 1924

Goldberg was a frequent candidate for public office on the Socialist Party ticket; between 1919 and 1935, he ran for State Supreme Court seven times,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] for State Assembly four times,[13] for Municipal Court twice,[14][15] and for Kings County Surrogate once.[16]

Goldberg was a member of the Old Guard faction of the Socialist Party that split away in 1936 to form the Social Democratic Federation. He rose to become national chairman of the SDF and played a key role in its reunification with the SPA in 1957.[17]

Goldberg married Eleanore Levenson, a fellow Socialist, with whom he wrote Lawless Judges, a book detailing how Supreme Court justices used their power to restrict the rights of labor and minorities.[18]

Goldberg died on December 11, 1957, in Lebanon Hospital in the Bronx, New York.[4]

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  1. ^ "Louis P. Goldberg". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  2. ^ "U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 for Louis Goldberg". ancestry.com. United States Department of War. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Louis P. Goldberg". Daily News. New York. 12 December 1957. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  4. ^ a b "LOUIS P. GOLDBERG, LAWYER, 68, DEAD; Brooklyn Councilman for 3 Terms in Forties on A.L.P. and Liberal Party Tickets". The New York Times. New York. 12 December 1957. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  5. ^ Soyer, Daniel (2021). Left in the Center: The Liberal Party of New York and the Rise and Fall of American Social Democracy. Cornell University Press. p. 51. ISBN 9781501759888. JSTOR 10.7591/j.ctv1hw3x50.2.
  6. ^ "Walker won Boro by 151,337 votes over La Guardia". Brooklyn Daily Times. Brooklyn. 22 November 1929. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Independence at the polls". Brooklyn Daily Times. Brooklyn. 8 November 1930. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Contrasts Mark Careers of 32 Candidates In Election for Supreme Court Bench". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn. 18 October 1931. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  9. ^ "Socialists Here Designate Slate And Hear Thomas". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn. 6 June 1932. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  10. ^ "Bar Ass'n backs Justice Smith". Brooklyn Times-Union. Brooklyn. 27 October 1933. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  11. ^ "Foes Worried, Say Fusionists". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn. 3 November 1934. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  12. ^ "Judicial Choices Listed by Union". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn. 18 October 1935. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  13. ^ "Goldberg, Louis P." ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  14. ^ "Livingston won't stand for fusion against Socialists". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn. 21 June 1920. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  15. ^ "Louis P. Goldberg picked by Boro Socialists". Brooklyn Citizen. Brooklyn. 1 September 1927. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  16. ^ "These ask your votes". Daily News. New York. 3 November 1925. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  17. ^ "The Political Aspects of Unity". The Socialist Call. 25 (1–2): 8. January–February 1957. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  18. ^ "Goldberg's Book on Judicial Tyranny Flays Judges". The New Leader. New York. 21 December 1935. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
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