John Michael Clancy (May 7, 1837 – July 25, 1903) was an American businessman and politician who served three terms as a

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from New York from 1889 to 1895.

Biography

Born in County Laois,

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, he immigrated with his parents to the United States and settled in

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. He attended the public schools of

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, engaged in the real-estate business, served as an

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of the city of Brooklyn from 1868 to 1875, and was a member of the New York State Assembly in

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, 1879 (both Kings Co., 1st D.),

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and

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(both Kings Co., 4th D.).

Tenure in Congress

Clancy was elected as a

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to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895); he was not a candidate for renomination in 1894.

Later career and death

He then resumed the real-estate business in New York City. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress and died in Butte, Montana while returning from a visit to

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. Interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery, New York City.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clancy, John Michael 1837 births 1903 deaths Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923) Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly People from Brooklyn People from County Laois Politicians from County Laois Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 19th-century American politicians