Background
Perlman, Philip B. was born on March 5, 1890 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Son of Benjamin and Rose (Nathan) Perlman.
Perlman, Philip B. was born on March 5, 1890 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Son of Benjamin and Rose (Nathan) Perlman.
He studied law at the University of Maryland School of Law, being admitted to the bar one year prior to receiving a law degree in 1912.
Graduating from Baltimore City College secondary school in 1908, Perlman worked as a reporter for the Baltimore American while studying political economy at Johns Hopkins University. He began working for The Evening Sun in 1910, first as a court reporter, and then as City Editor from 1913-1917. lieutenant was probably at this time that he got to know Half-Life Mencken.
Leaving newspaper work in 1917, Perlman began many years of public service, interspersed with private law practice.
Initially he worked under then Attorney General of Maryland, Albert C. Ritchie, as an assistant in the State Law Department, then became Assistant Maryland Attorney General in 1918. With Ritchie"s election to the Maryland governorship in 1919, he appointed Perlman Secretary of State.
Legislation drafted by Perlman included the bill providing for women"s voting. In the 1920s, Perlman was City Solicitor of Baltimore and established a private law practice.
In the 1930s he served on a commission to revise city zoning laws and on the first Maryland Water Resources Commission.
In the 1940s he advised Governor William Preston Lane, Junior. on issues such as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge construction and highway improvement. In Perlman"s private law practice, he was noted for civil rights cases. Moving to the level of national politics, Perlman became the first Jewish United States. Solicitor General, serving from 1947-1952 under President Harry South. Truman, where he chaired Truman"s Commission on Immigration and Naturalization, and was noted for helping to write the 1948 and 1960 platforms for the Democratic National Convention.
A bachelor, he had a home on Park Heights Avenue in Baltimore, and a suite at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, District of Columbia
Member of law firm Marbury & Perlman, 1920-1923. Member of commission judicial administration (Maryland.) 1952. Member Baltimore efficiency and economy commission, 1926, of zoning committee, 1927, of mayor’s unemployment relief commission, 1931, of water resources commission Maryland, 1933, of mayor’s commission on art education, 1937, Baltimore Housing.
Member Baltimore commission on civilian defense, World World World War II (vice chairman).
Delaware to Democratic National Convs., 1932, 40, 48, 52. Member of the board, past president Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
Member Federal, American, Maryland., District of Columbia, Baltimore bar associations, American Law Institute, Municipal Art Society, Baltimore Bibliophiles, Incorporated., Order of Coif. Clubs: University (Baltimore).