Born: 1858

Died: 1932

Married: Rachel Peixotto Hays

Children: Arthur Hays Sulzberger, David Hays Sulzberger, C. L. Sulzberger

Born in Philadelphia, Cyrus L. Sulzberger, went to New York in 1877 as bookkeeper for the firm of Erlanger, Blumgart & Co., of which he later became the head. He has taken part in various movements looking to the reform of New York municipal politics, and in 1904 he was a candidate for president of the borough of Manhattan, New York on the Fusion ticket. He was for many years treasurer of the United Hebrew Charities of that city, and served as president of the Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Aid Society, Industrial Removal officer, and as vice-president of the American Federation of Zionists.

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