John Quayle

John Francis Quayle ( born December 1, 1868 in Brooklyn, New York, † November 27, 1930 ) was an American politician. Between 1923 and 1930 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Francis Quayle was born about three years after the end of the civil war in the then still independent city of Brooklyn and grew up there. During this time he attended public schools, St. James Academy and St. Francis College in Brooklyn. He then worked as a butcher. In 1902, he worked in building construction. He was in charge of 12 November 1914 until his resignation on 19 February 1919 as a deputy tax collector ( deputy collector) for the tax revenue in the first district of New York. During this time the First World War was raging. He then worked from March 1919 until his resignation in February 1923 as Deputy Town Clerk ( deputy city clerk ) in Brough of Brooklyn. Politically, he is a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1922 for the 68th Congress Quayle was in the seventh election district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Michael J. Hogan on March 4, 1923. Quayle was re-elected four times in a row. He died shortly after his re-election to the 72nd Congress on November 27, 1930 in Brooklyn and was then buried in the St. John's Cemetery.