Charles C. Lockwood

Charles Clapp Lockwood
Charles C. Lockwood in 1921
Born	(1877-09-02)September 2, 1877 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
Died	September 21, 1958(1958-09-21) (aged 81) Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	New York State Senator; Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Second District
Known for	Presiding the Joint Legislative Committee on Housing, also known as the Lockwood Committee, investigating rents and housing in New York City after World War I

Charles Clapp Lockwood (September 2, 1877 – September 21, 1958) was an American lawyer and a Republican Party politician from New York. He was a member of the New York State Senate, 1915-22 (4th District 1915-18, 7th District 1919-22) and a Justice of the New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1932-47. He is probably best known for presiding the Joint Legislative Committee on Housing, also known as the Lockwood Committee (1919-1922), investigating rents and housing in New York City after World War I.

He was born on September 2, 1877, in Brooklyn, the son of James K. P. Lockwood (1845–1922) and Katherine Marshall Lockwood. After working in a drugstore in his boyhood and in a lumber yard, he attended evening high school and eventually graduated in 1900 at the New York Law School. Prior to his graduation he worked as an office boy and clerk in the law office of Jasper W. Gilbert, a former justice at the New York Supreme Court. Eventually, he became an associate of the firm and would remain for 14 years.

In 1908 he established his own law firm. He ran a successful and lucrative practice and became financially independent.

Although Justice Gilbert was a Democrat, well connected to the Tammany Hall political machine, Lockwood turned to the Republican Party, and became active in the local Brooklyn Republican clubs. In November 1913, he was elected to the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 5th D.), and was a member in 1914. The same year he was elected to the New York State Senate, where he sat from 1915 to 1922 in the 138th, 139th, 140th, 141st, 142nd, 143rd, 144th and 145th New York State Legislatures. He drew support from the Citizens Union, one of the United States' first good government groups.