The Jewish Littauers who never came to the United States since his family immigrated to the US very early when almost only German Jews arrived in the states .. He was born in Gloversville upstate New York in 1859. In the 1850s Gloversville had a population of 1,318 living on 525 acres in 250 small wood-frame houses centered on the "Four Corners" formed by the intersection of Main and Fulton Streets.[7] The proximity of hemlock forests to supply bark for tanning made the community a center of leather production early in its history: there were already 40 small glove and mitten factories there by 1852.[7] The city would become the center of the American glovemaking industry for many years. From 1890 to 1950, 90% of all gloves sold in the United States were made in Gloversville 

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Lucius Littauer

Littauer in 1914

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York
In office
Lucius Nathan Littauer (January 20, 1859 – March 2, 1944) was an American politician, businessman, and college football coach. He served in the United States House of Representatives from New York for five terms between 1897 and 1907. Littauer graduated from Harvard University in 1878 and was the school's first head football coach, guiding the Crimson to a record of 6–1–1 in 1881.[1]
In 1936, Littauer's donation of $2 million helped found Harvard's Graduate School of Public Administration, which was later renamed the Harvard Kennedy School in honor of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy and is routinely ranked as the world's top graduate school for public policy, social policy, international affairs, and government.

Littauer graduated from Harvard University in 1878 and was the school's first head football coach, guiding the Crimson to a record of 6–1–1 in 1881.[1]
In 1936, Littauer's donation of $2 million helped found Harvard's Graduate School of Public Administration, which was later renamed the Harvard Kennedy School in honor of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy and is routinely ranked as the world's top graduate school for public policy, social policy, international affairs, and government.
Biography[edit]
Littauer was born January 20, 1859, to a Lithuanian-Jewish family ("Litauer" being German for "Lithuanian") in Gloversville, New York He moved with his parents to New York City in 1865.
Education[edit]
After attending the Charlier Institute for boys and young gentlemen in New York City, Littauer attended and graduated from Harvard University in 1878, and later coached the Harvard Crimson football team in 1881.[2][3]
Career[edit]
Returning to Gloversville, Littauer entered his father's glove making business and went on to become an officer and director of many commercial and financial institutions.
Littauer was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1907). He chose not to stand for reelection in 1906, returning instead to his glovemaking business. 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.
On February 4, 1914, Littauer and his brother William were convicted of smuggling and conspiracy to defraud after admitting to having imported valuable jewels from Venice worth in excess of $40,000 without paying the necessary duty. Federal District Court Judge Edwin S. Thomas sentenced Littauer to six months in jail, though the sentence was suspended. In his decision, Thomas stressed that Littauer's high standing served to aggravate the crime: "For an ex-congressman so far to forget his oath taken five times and knowing so well the provisions of the law he helped to frame seems to be incomprehensible."[4]
Littauer retired in 1927 and devoted his energies to education, medical research, and philanthropic work.
In 1936, 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. One of the buildings on Harvard Kennedy School's main campus is named in his honor.[5]
He also offered to build a hospital in memory of his father, Nathan Littauer. This act of generosity stirred the citizens of the community to contribute another $10,000, and on May 30, 1894, the original Nathan Littauer Hospital was opened.[6]
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.
Head coaching record[edit]

Year
Team
Overall
Conference
Standing
Bowl/playoffs
Harvard Crimson (Independent) (1881)
1881
Harvard
6–1–1

Harvard:
6–1–1

Total:
6–1–1

See also[edit]
• List of Jewish members of the United States Congress
References[edit]
1 ^ "Media Center: Harvard Football Yearly Results - Harvard". www.gocrimson.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21.
2 ^ "1881 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
3 ^ "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
4 ^ "The Day - Google News Archive Search".
5 ^ "Harvard Kennedy School - History". www.hks.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 2008-03-05.
6 ^ "Nathan Littauer Hospital, serving Hamilton, Fulton and Montgomery Counties | History". Archived from the original on September 13, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
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