James Francis Fitzgerald (October 12, 1895 – March 1975) was an American politician from
New York
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Life
He was born on October 12, 1895, in
Long Island City
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, which was then a city in Queens County, and is now a neighborhood in the Borough of
Queens in
New York City. He attended St. Mary's Parochial School.
Fitzgerald was a member of the
New York State Senate
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Partisan com ...
(5th D.) from 1949 to 1952, sitting in the
167th and
168th New York State Legislature
The 168th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3, 1951, to March 20, 1952, during the ninth and tenth years of Thomas E. Dewey's governorship, in Albany.
Backgrou ...
s. In November 1952, he ran for re-election, but was defeated by Republican
Milton Koerner
Milton Koerner (1910-1980) was a Republican State Senator for the New York State Senate 5th District from 1953 to 1954. Running for re-election in the 6th district in 1954, he lost to Democrat and Liberal candidate James J. Crisona.
In 1955, he ...
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He died in March 1975.
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References
1895 births
1975 deaths
Democratic Party New York (state) state senators
Politicians from Queens, New York
20th-century American legislators
20th-century New York (state) politicians
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