Daniel J. Riordan

Daniel Joseph Riordan (* July 7, 1870 in New York City, † April 28, 1923 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. He represented 1899-1901 and 1906-1923 the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Daniel Joseph Riordan was born about five years after the end of the Civil War in New York City. He attended public schools until 1886 and then went to Manhattan College, where he graduated in 1890. After that, he pursued real estate transactions. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1898 for the 56th Congress Riordan was in the eighth election district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John M. Mitchell on March 4, 1899. He retired after the March 3, 1901 out of the Congress. In the years 1902 and 1904 he was elected to the Senate from New York.

He was elected on November 6, 1906 in a special election in the 59th Congress, there to fill the vacancy that was created by the resignation of Timothy Sullivan. On the same day the regular congressional elections were held. Riordan was also elected to the 60th Congress. He was re-elected twice in a row. In 1912 he was a candidate in the eleventh constituency for a congress seat. After a successful election, he entered on March 4, 1913, the successor of Charles V. Fornes. He was re-elected five times in a row and died during his last term of office on 28 April 1923 in Washington DC His body was interred in the Calvary Cemetery in Long Iceland City.