According to family archives, Meyer was born on Henry Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan to Polish Jews who had only weeks earlier immigrated to New York via Stockholm, Sweden. In 1881, the family moved to Syracuse, New York, and then relocated to Rochester, New York, one year later. Coming from a family of tailors, he worked for less than a week in a Rochester tailor shop before deciding to attend high school instead.[1]
Academic careeredit
After attending public schools in Rochester, New York, he attended the University of Rochester and graduated from Columbia University in 1904. Jacobstein pursued postgraduate courses at the same university in economics and political science and became a special agent in the Bureau of Corporations and Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C., in 1907. Between 1909 and 1913, he worked as an assistant professor of economics at the University of North Dakota at Grand Forks and, one year later, became professor of economics in the University of Rochester. Jacobstein was a director in emergency employment management at the University of Rochester under the auspices of the War Industry Board from 1916 to 1918.
Writing in 1912 about the Aldrich plan for a National Reserve Association, Meyer Jacobstein, assistant professor of economics at the University of North Dakota, encouraged North Dakota's bankers, however unsuccessfully, to leave their rural prejudices behind and consider the greater good of the entire banking industry:[2]
The average country banker is always more or less suspicious of the city banker. As the Aldrich bill bears the name of an unpopular easterner, who is generally believed to be working in the interest of a group of eastern capitalists, it is not unnatural that North Dakota bankers should approach this proposed legislation with considerable timidity and suspicion. It will be well for the rural banker, however, to dispossess himself of this native prejudice and withhold judgment until he has made a careful and conscientious examination of the bill.[2][3]
Political Serviceedit
He was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, and Seventieth Congresses (March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929) yet was not a candidate for renomination in 1928. He served as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1924 and 1932 but declined the nomination of mayor of Rochester, N.Y., in 1925. His political career is notable for his staunch opposition to the Immigration Act of 1924.[4][5]
Nothing is more un-American. Nothing could be more dangerous, in a land the Constitution of which says that all men are created equal, than to write into our law a theory which puts one race above another, which stamps one group of people as superior and another as inferior. The fact that it is camouflaged in a maze of statistics will not protect this Nation from the evil consequences of such an unscientific, un-American, wicked philosophy.[6]
After Politicsedit
Jacobstein engaged in banking in Rochester, N.Y., from 1929 to 1936 and in 1936 became chairman of the board of the Rochester Business Institute. He was a member of the Brookings Institution staff from 1939 to 1946 and economic counsel in the legislative reference service of the Library of Congress from 1947 until his retirement May 31, 1952. Jacobstein resided in Rochester, N.Y., until his death there on April 18, 1963, and was laid to rest at Mount Hope Cemetery.[7]
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article possibly contains original research Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations Statements consisting only of original research should be removed January 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations January 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Meyer Jacobstein January 25 1880 April 18 1963 was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York Meyer JacobsteinMember of the U S House of Representatives from New York s 38th districtIn office March 4 1923 March 3 1929Preceded byThomas B DunnSucceeded byJames L WhitleyPersonal detailsBorn 1880 01 25 January 25 1880Manhattan New York City United StatesDiedApril 18 1963 1963 04 18 aged 83 Rochester New YorkPolitical partyDemocraticAlma materUniversity of RochesterColumbia University Contents 1 Early life 2 Academic career 3 Political Service 4 After Politics 5 See also 6 References 7 External links 8 SourcesEarly life editAccording to family archives Meyer was born on Henry Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan to Polish Jews who had only weeks earlier immigrated to New York via Stockholm Sweden In 1881 the family moved to Syracuse New York and then relocated to Rochester New York one year later Coming from a family of tailors he worked for less than a week in a Rochester tailor shop before deciding to attend high school instead 1 Academic career editAfter attending public schools in Rochester New York he attended the University of Rochester and graduated from Columbia University in 1904 Jacobstein pursued postgraduate courses at the same university in economics and political science and became a special agent in the Bureau of Corporations and Department of Commerce in Washington D C in 1907 Between 1909 and 1913 he worked as an assistant professor of economics at the University of North Dakota at Grand Forks and one year later became professor of economics in the University of Rochester Jacobstein was a director in emergency employment management at the University of Rochester under the auspices of the War Industry Board from 1916 to 1918 Writing in 1912 about the Aldrich plan for a National Reserve Association Meyer Jacobstein assistant professor of economics at the University of North Dakota encouraged North Dakota s bankers however unsuccessfully to leave their rural prejudices behind and consider the greater good of the entire banking industry 2 The average country banker is always more or less suspicious of the city banker As the Aldrich bill bears the name of an unpopular easterner who is generally believed to be working in the interest of a group of eastern capitalists it is not unnatural that North Dakota bankers should approach this proposed legislation with considerable timidity and suspicion It will be well for the rural banker however to dispossess himself of this native prejudice and withhold judgment until he has made a careful and conscientious examination of the bill 2 3 Political Service editHe was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty eighth Sixty ninth and Seventieth Congresses March 4 1923 March 3 1929 yet was not a candidate for renomination in 1928 He served as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1924 and 1932 but declined the nomination of mayor of Rochester N Y in 1925 His political career is notable for his staunch opposition to the Immigration Act of 1924 4 5 Nothing is more un American Nothing could be more dangerous in a land the Constitution of which says that all men are created equal than to write into our law a theory which puts one race above another which stamps one group of people as superior and another as inferior The fact that it is camouflaged in a maze of statistics will not protect this Nation from the evil consequences of such an unscientific un American wicked philosophy 6 After Politics editJacobstein engaged in banking in Rochester N Y from 1929 to 1936 and in 1936 became chairman of the board of the Rochester Business Institute He was a member of the Brookings Institution staff from 1939 to 1946 and economic counsel in the legislative reference service of the Library of Congress from 1947 until his retirement May 31 1952 Jacobstein resided in Rochester N Y until his death there on April 18 1963 and was laid to rest at Mount Hope Cemetery 7 See also editList of Jewish members of the United States CongressReferences edit Jacobstein Family History unpublished family archive a b Born of a Panic Forming the Fed System The Federal Reserve Bank of Minnesota August 1 1988 Retrieved 2013 05 29 Dakota University of North 1912 The Quarterly Journal University of North Dakota University of North Dakota TO AGREE TO THE REPORT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON H R House Vote 90 May 15 1924 GovTrack us Retrieved 2022 08 13 TO PASS H R 7995 P 6257 1 House Vote 55 Apr 12 1924 GovTrack us Retrieved 2022 08 13 Alan Stoskopf Race and Membership in American History The Eugenics Movement Facing History amp Ourselves National 2002 page 230 Meyer Jacobstein Jewish Virtual Library Retrieved 2013 05 29 External links editWorks by or about Meyer Jacobstein at Internet Archive Meyer Jacobstein at Find a GraveSources editBiographical Directory of the United States Congress Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Rose Jacobstein sister Jacobstein Family History unpublished family archive after 1946 U S House of RepresentativesPreceded byThomas B Dunn Member of the U S House of Representatives from New York s 38th congressional district1923 1929 Succeeded byJames L Whitley Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Meyer 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