Peter J. Dooling

Peter Joseph Dooling (* February 15, 1857 in New York City; † October 18, 1931 ) was an American politician. Between 1913 and 1921 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Peter Joseph Dooling was born about four years before the outbreak of the Civil War in New York City and grew up there. During this time he attended public schools. Then he went to real estate transactions. Between 1887 and 1889 he worked as a Court Officer at the Court of General Sessions. He sat in the years 1891 and 1892 in the Board of Aldermen of New York City. In 1893, he was Deputy Clerk to the Court of Special Sessions - a position which he held until 1895. He was 1898-1901 worked as Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity. During this time he was in 1898 in the Aqueduct Commission. He was 1903-1905 Member of the Senate of New York. He then worked 1906-1909 as a clerk in the City and County of New York.

Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1912 for the 63rd Congress Dooling was in the 16th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Francis Burton Harrison on March 4, 1913. He was re-elected twice in a row. In 1918 he was a candidate in the 15th electoral district of New York for the 66th Congress. After a successful election, he entered on March 4, 1919, the successor of Thomas Francis Smith. In 1920 he suffered in his re-election bid a defeat and retired after March 3, 1921 the Congress of. As a Congressman he had presided over the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department ( 65th Congress ).

He was sheriff in 1924 and 1926, New York County Commissioner Department of Purchases of New York City in. Then he went back to real estate transactions. On 18 October 1931, he died in New York City and was then buried in the Calvary Cemetery.