Michael J. Bragman (born August 11, 1940) is an American politician from
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Biography
He was born on August 11, 1940, in
Syracuse
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,
Onondaga County, New York
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History
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. He graduated from
Syracuse University
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in 1963.
He entered politics as a
Democrat
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, and was elected to the
Cicero
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Town Council in 1965, and to the Onondaga County Legislature in 1969. He was a member of the
New York State Assembly
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from 1981 to 2001, sitting in the
184th,
185th,
186th,
187th,
188th,
189th,
190th,
191st,
192nd,
193rd and
194th New York State Legislature
The 194th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3, 2001, to December 31, 2002, during the seventh and eighth years of George Pataki's governorship
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s.
Bragman served as Majority Leader from 1993 to 2000, when he lost his position after leading an attempted coup against Speaker
Sheldon Silver
Sheldon Silver (February 13, 1944 – January 24, 2022) was an American Democratic Party politician, attorney, and convicted felon from New York City who served as speaker of the New York State Assembly from 1994 to 2015. A native of Manhattan' ...
.
After Bragman announced his intent to overthrow Silver, the incumbent speaker demoted two high-ranking legislators who openly supported Bragman and made clear he would punish others who voted against him. In the floor vote on May 23, 2000, Silver prevailed by a vote of 85 to 63.
Bragman resigned his seat in December 2001 and was succeeded by Republican
William E. Sanford after a special election.
Bragman and his wife, Suzanne (a trustee of the North Syracuse Education Foundation), have three children. The athletic stadium at Cicero-North Syracuse High School, only a few thousand yards from his home in
Cicero, New York, was named in his honor.
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1940 births
Living people
Politicians from Syracuse, New York
Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
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People from Cicero, New York
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