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Beame’s political career came to an end in 1977 when he lost the Democratic mayoral primary, finishing third behind Mario Cuomo and Edward Koch. The Beame Collection spans the years 1938-2001 and consists of 3,417 folders across twenty seven document series, over 1,200 photographs, more than 400 artifacts, 6 videos, and the Beame Oral History ...
Nov 6, 2012 · Abraham David Beame was born on March 20, 1906, in London, England, a way station where his mother stopped to give birth before joining his father a few months later in the United States. Both his parents, Philip and Esther Birnbaum (they changed the name once they arrived in New York), were Jews from Warsaw, Poland, where Philip, a ...
Abraham Beame (Londinii natus die 20 Martii 1906; Novi Eboraci mortuus die 10 Februarii 2001) fuit politicus Civitatum Foederatarum. In familia Iudaeorum e Polonia oriundorum natus, iam ab anno aetatis primo Manhatae educatus est. Apud collegium Urbis Novi Eboraci eruditus est. Sodalis factionis Democraticae , a die 1 Ianuarii 1974 usque ad ...
Feb 13, 2001 · NEW YORK, Feb. 13 (JTA) Abraham Beame, the first Jewish mayor of New York, died Saturday at 94 of complications from open-heart surgery. ... Beame also had to cope with the a citywide blackout in ...
Sep 7, 1975 · And later, after London‐horn Abraham D. Beame had been sworn in as the 104th Mayor in the city's history—the capstone of a 34‐year Civil Service career in the city's intricate financial ...
Feb 10, 2001 · NEW YORK, Feb. 10 -- Abraham David Beame, the 104th mayor of New York City who earned the distinction of being the Big Apple's first Jewish mayor, died Saturday of complications related to open ...
And then I was nominated, and then I was elected. And I think the first two visitors I had in Georgia were two desperate-looking men. Mayor Abe Beame was one; Governor Hugh Carey was the other. They came to talk to me about the prospects for the future. I said, "What can I do for you?" And they said, "Mr. President-elect, we need two things.
