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Randolph Brant Martine (1844 – March 30, 1895) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Early life

Martine was born in 1844 in the Sixteenth Ward of New York near 22nd Street and Eighth Avenue. He was the son of Theodore Martine, a grocer and realtor descended from French Huguenot immigrants. In 1900, his niece, Mary Martine Carew, was shot by an ex-convict after Mrs. Carew rebuffed his advances.

He graduated Columbia College in 1865, and from Columbia Law School in 1866.

Career

After his graduation from law school, he was admitted to the bar and practiced law with the firm, Flanagan, Bright & Martine, which dissolved not long thereafter, at which point he practiced on his own for several years before partnering with Charles A. Jackson under the name Jackson & Martine (with offices in the Morse Building).

Martine was a member of Tammany Hall but left in 1881, following the expulsion of Fire Commissioner Henry D. Purroy and Police Justice Andrew J. White, and joined the Anti-Tammany Democrats in New York City, first known as the "Purroy Democracy" then as the "County Democracy." In 1882, Mayor William R. Grace sent his appointment as a New York City Police Commissioner to the Board of Aldermen, but having a Tammany majority, the Board refused to vote upon the issue, and the office remained vacant.

In November 1884, Martine was elected on the County Democracy ticket New York County District Attorney. On taking office, he appointed John R. Fellows and De Lancey Nicoll as Assistant D.A.s, and Vernon M. Davis as Deputy Assistant District Attorneys. Martine prosecuted Jacob Sharp and several Aldermen for bribery in connection with the concession for the Broadway Surface Railroad. In April 1886, he ordered to be arrested all the Ex-Aldermen who had in 1884 voted for the railroad concession, seven of whom were eventually convicted.

In November 1887, he was elected on the Tammany, County Democracy, Republican and Irving Hall (another faction of Anti-Tammany Democrats) tickets a judge of the Court of General Sessions, and remained in office until his death.

Personal life

With his wife, Lucretia A., he one son, Randolph Brant Martine Jr. (b. 1869), was appointed Deputy Assistant D.A. by De Lancey Nicoll in April 1893.

He died from "heart failure due to peritonitis" at his home at 2017 Fifth Avenue in New York City.

References

1. ^ "DEATH OF JUDGE MARTINE. Heart Failure, Due to Peritonitis, the Cause. HIS RECOVERY WAS HOPED FOR. Preparations Had Been Made to Take Him to Old Point Comfort--Action of General Sessions Judges" (PDF). The New York Times. March 31, 1895. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
2. "DEATH OF EDWARD H. MARTINE. Became Insane While on a Car and Raved About Col. Ingersoll" (PDF). The New York Times. July 29, 1899. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
3. "EX-CONVICT SHOOTS WOMAN. Tragedy on a Roof Witnessed by the Victim's Son. TWO BULLETS IN HER BACK. Mrs. Carew Rejected Curtin's Advances, and in Revenge He Tried to Murder Her" (PDF). The New York Times. July 15, 1900. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
4. Catalogue of Officers and Graduates of Columbia University from the Foundation of King's College in 1754. Columbia University. 1906. p. 121. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
5. "THE VACANT COMMISSIONERSHIPS: Nominations By Mayor Grace To The Police And Park Groups" (PDF). The New York Times. May 10, 1882. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
6. "DENUNCIATIONS OF KELLY. Anti-Kelly-Tammany To Go To Saratoga --Railing At Their Former Boss" (PDF). The New York Times. August 1, 1882. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
7. "THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S AIDS. THE ASSOCIATES SELECTED BY RANDOLPH B. MARTINE" (PDF). The New York Times. December 31, 1884. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
8. "ELEVEN TAKEN IN CHARGE: A GREAT HAUL OF THE BROADWAY ALDERMAN. Twelve Warrants Issued and Only One Alderman Not Found -- All the Prisoners Admitted to Bail" (PDF). The New York Times. April 14, 1886. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
9. "DE LANCEY NICOLL CHOSEN: PUT ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET WITH MARTINE. Deciding To Accept The Nomination -- The Other Candidates Selected by the County Convention" (PDF). The New York Times. October 26, 1887. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
10. "BOSS POWER OUTWITTED. TAMMANY PREVENTS THE PUNISHMENT OF MARTINE. Republicans Jubilant and Democrats Depressed Over The Republican Nomination of Nicoll" (PDF). The New York Times. October 27, 1887. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
11. "IRVING HALL'S SUPPORT. INDORSING THE WHOLE OF THE REPUBLICAN TICKET" (PDF). The New York Times. October 28, 1887. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
12. "RESULT OF THE CITY VOTE. IT PROVES TO BE A SWEEPING DEMOCRATIC VICTORY. The Labor Vote Broken Up In An Unexpected Way--Candidates Who Are Elected To Office" (PDF). The New York Times. November 9, 1887. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
13. Supreme Court. 1882. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
14. "A Place for Judge Martine's Son" (PDF). The New York Times. April 19, 1893. Retrieved 8 November 2019.

• New York County District Attorneys
• 1844 births
• 1895 deaths
• Columbia Law School alumni
• New York (state) state court judges
• Columbia College (New York) alumni
• Lawyers from Manhattan
• People from Harlem
• 19th-century American judges