Adolph L. Sanger
Adolph Lewis Sanger was a Jewish-American lawyer from New York.
Early life and education
Sanger was born on October 8, 1842, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He moved to New York City, New York, when he was eight. Sanger graduated from the City College of New York with an A.M. in 1862. He then went to Columbia Law School, where he received an LL.B. in 1864 and an LL.M. in 1865. While attending Columbia, he studied law with Benedict & Boardman, leading commercial lawyers in the city at the time.Career
In 1865, he began practicing law with Myer S. Isaacs. A Democrat, he unsuccessfully ran for Judge of the Marine Court in 1881. In 1870, he was appointed a commissioner of the United States deposit funds. He was a New York presidential elector in the 1880 and 1884 presidential elections. In 1885, he was elected President of the Board of Aldermen. He was serving as Acting Mayor during the reception of the Statue of Liberty. In 1886, he began the first of three terms as a Commissioner of Education. In 1893, he became president of the Board of Education.Sanger was a leader of B'nai B'rith, president of the Board of Delegates of American Israelites, and vice-president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. He was an Executive Committee member of the Grant Monument Association, a director of the Purim Association and the Montefiore Home, President of the Mount Washington Collegiate Association, and superintendent of the Temple Emanu-El religious school.