Cyrus Durey

Cyrus Durey ( born May 16, 1864 in Caroga, New York, † January 4, 1933 in Albany, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1907 and 1911 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Cyrus Durey was born during the Civil War in Fulton County. He attended community schools and the Johnstown Academy. He then worked as a supervisor 's clerk. He was supervisor in 1889 and 1890 Caroga. Then he went to timber and real estate transactions. On August 19, 1898, he was appointed postmaster of Johnstown - a post he held until February 28, 1907. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1904 and 1906 he was a member of republikan State Committee.

In the congressional elections of 1906 for the 60th Congress Durey was in the 25th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Lucius Littauer on March 4, 1907. He was re-elected once. In 1910 he ran unsuccessfully for the 62nd Congress and then retired after March 3, 1911 the Congress of.

On 20 March 1911 he was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue in the 14th District of New York - a post he held until September 30, 1914. He took in 1912 and 1920 as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in part. On September 30, 1921 he was again appointed Collector of Internal Revenue. He held the post until his death on January 4, 1933 in Albany. His body was then buried at the North Cemetery Bush at Johnstown.