Owen Cassidy (c.1862 – January 15, 1911 in
Watkins,
Schuyler County, New York
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) was an American lawyer and politician from
New York
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Life
In 1890, he married Alice Jones, and they had two children. In 1899, he was a member of the New York State Board of Health.
Cassidy was a member of the
New York State Senate
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Partisan com ...
(40th D.) from 1905 to 1908, sitting in the
128th,
129th,
130th and
131st New York State Legislature
The 131st New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 1 to June 11, 1908, during the second year of Charles Evans Hughes's governorship, in Albany.
Background
Under th ...
s. In 1908, Cassidy was voted down by the 41st senatorial district convention, and ran as an Independent for re-election, but was defeated. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law in Watkins.
He died on January 15, 1911, at his home in
Watkins, after having been ill for years, and "bedridden for the last few months".
Sources
''Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes''by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 365f)
''STATE HEALTH BOARD SCANDAL''in NYT on December 12, 1899
''CASSIDY AN INDEPENDENT''in NYT on October 1, 1908
''CASSIDY WILL AID HUGHES''in NYT on July 23, 1909
''EX-SENATOR CASSIDY DIES''in NYT on January 16, 1911
1860s births
1911 deaths
Republican Party New York (state) state senators
People from Watkins Glen, New York
19th-century American legislators
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