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Here's a piece of Schmuckian history you probably don't know about

Peter Schmuck, no relation, was a judge in the New York Supreme Court during the first half of the 20th Century.
Peter Schmuck, no relation, was a judge in the New York Supreme Court during the first half of the 20th Century. (New York Public Library)

The campaign poster above is proof that it is possible to win an election while admitting you're a Schmuck, something that all of the candidates in this year's presidential race should take to heart.

Judge Peter Schmuck presided in the New York Supreme Court for decades during the first half of the 20th Century and ran for re-election several times. He was reputed to be a Tammany guy, so he probably had a little help, but I'm pretty sure the honorable Peter Schmuck was more honorable than the sportswriter Peter Schmuck. That bar, I suspect, isn't very high.

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Legend has it that Judge Schmuck once dismissed a request for a legal name change and reputedly told the appellant that "if I can live with my name, you can live with yours."

I don't know if the story is true, but I'm sticking to it.

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