John Michael Clancy

John Michael Clancy ( born May 7, 1837 in Queens County (now County Laois ), Ireland, † July 25, 1903 in Butte, Montana ) was an American politician. Between 1889 and 1895 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Michael Clancy was born a few weeks before the death of William IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover, in the former County of Queens. His family immigrated to the United States and settled in New York City. He attended public schools in Brooklyn and then went after real estate transactions. Between 1868 and 1875 he was alderman in the then still independent city of Brooklyn. He sat 1878-1881 in the New York State Assembly.

Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1888, Clancy was the fourth electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Peter P. Mahoney on March 4, 1889. He was re-elected once. Then he stood as a candidate in the second electoral district of New York for a congress seat. After a successful election, he resigned on March 4, 1883 in the footsteps of Alfred C. Chapin. Since he gave up for reelection in 1894, he retired after the March 3, 1895 out of the Congress.

Then he went back to New York City to his real estate transactions. His candidacy in 1896 for a congress seat was unsuccessful. He died on his way back from Yellowstone Park on July 25, 1903 in Butte. His body was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Brooklyn.