Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)
Martin Lehmayer (1861-1936)
MSA SC 3520-1715
Charter Member, Maryland State Bar Association, 1896-1897
House of Delegates, Baltimore City, District 2, 1900-1901
House of Delegates, Baltimore City,
District 3, 1906-1909
Judge, Baltimore City Supreme Bench, 1909
Biography:
Born in Baltimore, Maryland,
1861. Son of Simon Lehmayer. Attended Baltimore Public
Schools and the Friends' School. LL.B., University of Maryland Law School, 1882, graduated with honors. Admitted to
the Bar, September 1882. Married; one daughter, Henrietta L.
Moser. Died, Baltimore, September 5, 1936.
Studied law in the office of Attorney General and U.S. Senator Isidor
Rayner; practiced law with Rayner, 1882-1886. Charter Member,
Maryland State Bar Association, 1896-1897. Democrat, House of
Delegates, Baltimore City, District 2, 1900-1901; District 3,
1906-1910. Appointed to the Supreme Bench, September, 1909; lost
election bid, November, 1909. Chair, Draft Board, 14th District
during World War I. Practiced law in partnership with Herman M.
Moser, Judge of the Supreme Bench, 1944-1956, and his son-in-law.
Authored a number of important bills while serving in House of
Delegates.
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