John Joseph Fitzgerald (March 10, 1872 – May 13, 1952) was an American lawyer and politician who served nine terms as a United States Representative from New York from 1899 to 1917.

Life and politics

Born in Brooklyn, he attended the public schools, La Salle Military Academy (formerly Sacred Heart Academy), and graduated from

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in 1891. He studied law in the

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, was admitted to the

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in 1893 and commenced practice in New York City.

Political career

From 1900 to 1928 he was a delegate to each

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. Fitzgerald was also a trustee of Manhattan College.

Tenure in Congress

Fitzgerald was elected as a

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to the Fifty-Sixth and to the nine succeeding Congresses and held office from March 4, 1899, to December 31, 1917, when he resigned to resume the practice of law. In the Sixty-Second through Sixty-Fifth Congresses he was chairman of the Committee on Appropriations.

Later career and death

In March 1932 he was appointed county judge of Kings County; he was elected in November 1932 and served until his retirement on December 31, 1942. He resumed the private practice of law and in 1952 died in Brooklyn; interment was in St. John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens.

References

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