John J. Delaney

John Joseph Delaney ( born August 21, 1878 in Brooklyn, New York City; † November 18, 1948 ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party, representing the New York State for many years in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Life

After attending the St. Ann's Parochial School, St. James ' Academy in Brooklyn and Manhattan College in New York City, he worked as a merchant in the diamond trade, before later studying law at the Law School of St. Lawrence University completed. After the lawyer's approval, he took in 1915 to work as a lawyer in New York City on.

In a made ​​necessary because of the resignation of John Joseph Fitzgerald election he was elected as a candidate of the Democratic party member of the U.S. House of Representatives and was this for the 7th Congressional District of New York, first on March 5, 1918 to March 3, 1919. 1918 he opted not to run again and instead took his work as a lawyer again. Both 1922 and 1924 he was a member of the Democratic State Convention in New York. After that, he was from 1924 to 1931 Deputy Commissioner ( Deputy Commissioner ) for the public markets of New York City.

After the death of the already elected, but not sworn Matthew Vincent O'Malley Delaney was again elected as representatives of the 7th New York congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives and was this after eight subsequent re- elections of 3 November 1931 until his death. After his death he was buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Brooklyn. Successor as congressman was Louis B. Heller.