Daniel E. Finn Sr. (July 11, 1845 – March 23, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Life

He was born on July 11, 1845, in Limerick, Ireland. The family emigrated to the United States when Daniel was still a child, and settled in New York City. He attended the public schools there. During the American Civil War he served with the New York Volunteers. After the war he entered politics as a Democrat. In January 1880, he was appointed as a Deputy Sheriff of New York County, New York. Finn was a member of the

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(New York Co., 1st D.) in

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1886 Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...

1887 Events January–March * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Har ...

and

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. In the Legislature he fought successfully against the construction of piers in the shore area of Battery Park, and henceforth was nicknamed "Battery Dan". In May 1888, he was admitted to the bar at the General Term in Poughkeepsie. He was again a member of the State Assembly in

1895 Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...

1896 Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wil ...

1897 Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a puniti ...

1898 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, B ...

and

1899 Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – **Bolivia sets up a c ...

; and was Minority Leader in 1897. In November 1899, he was elected to the New York City Municipal Court (1st D.). He was a justice of the Municipal Court from January 1900 to May 1, 1905, when he was appointed as a City Magistrate. He died on March 23, 1910, at his home at 539

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in Manhattan; and was buried at the Calvary Cemetery in Queens.''"BATTERY DAN" FINN, MAGISTRATE, IS DEAD''
in ''The New York Times'' on March 24, 1910

Legacy

His son Daniel E. Finn Jr. (1880–1949) was

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and Sheriff of New York County, New York.

Sources

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