William F. Brunner

William Frank Brunner ( born September 15, 1887 in Woodhaven, Queens, New York, † April 23, 1965 in Far Rockaway, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1929 and 1935 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Frank Brunner attended public schools, the High School in Far Rockaway and Packard Commercial School in New York City. He retired in 1901 after Rockaway Park, where he worked in the insurance and real estate business. Between 1917 and 1919 he served as a Yeoman First Class in the U.S. Navy. He sat 1922-1928 in the New York State Assembly. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1928 he was in the second electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John J. Kindred on March 4, 1929. He was re-elected three times in a row. After he was elected Sheriff in Queens, he entered on 27 September 1935 by seim Congress seat back. He served in this position until his resignation in the following year. Between 1936 and 1938 he was president of the board of aldermen of New York City. Then he went back to the insurance and real estate transactions. In the period from 1 July to 31 December 1941, he served as Commissioner of Borough Works in Queens. He then ran unsuccessfully in 1942 for the Democratic nomination and the American Labor Party for the 78th Congress. Between 1946 and 1965 he was president of the Rockaway Beach Hospital (later renamed in Peninsula General Hospital ). He died on April 23, 1965 in Far Rockaway and was then buried in the St. John's Cemetery in Middle Village.