Joseph D. Kelly (c. 1887 in

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– February 1953) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Early life

He was the son of Michael J. Kelly (c.1854–1926) who was Assistant Corporation Counsel of New York City for 22 years. He attended Immaculate Conception School in East 14th Street, in

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Career

Kelly was a member of the

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(New York Co., 12th D.) in

1913 Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not ven ...

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1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ...

1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * ...

and

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. He was a member of the

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(16th D.) in

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, elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of

James A. Foley James Aloysius Foley (June 21, 1882 in New York City – February 11, 1946 in Manhattan, New York City) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was the son of James Foley (1846–1919) and Anne Moran Foley (1847–1928). He ...

. Kelly was a justice of the New York City Court of Special Sessions from December 1923 to June 1929.

Sources

''W. A. WALLING NAMED JUSTICE BY WALKER''
in NYT on July 2, 1929 (subscription required)

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