11 Facts About Lucius Littauer

Lucius Nathan Littauer was an American politician, businessman, and college football coach.

Lucius Littauer served in the United States House of Representatives from New York for five terms between 1897 and 1907.

Lucius Littauer was born January 20,1859, to a Lithuanian-Jewish family in Gloversville, New York.

Lucius Littauer moved with his parents to New York City in 1865.

Lucius Littauer was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses.

Lucius Littauer chose not to stand for reelection in 1906, returning instead to his glovemaking business.

Lucius Littauer served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1900,1904,1908, and 1928, and was Regent of the University of the State of New York from 1912 to 1914.

Lucius Littauer retired in 1927 and devoted his energies to education, medical research, and philanthropic work.

In 1936, Lucius Littauer donated $2 million to help found Harvard's Graduate School of Public Administration, which is known today as Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University.

Lucius Littauer offered to build a hospital in memory of his father, Nathan Littauer.

Lucius Littauer died at his country home near New Rochelle, New York, on March 2,1944, and was interred in the Jewish Cemetery in New Rochelle.