John F. Murray (1862 – December 31, 1928) was a Commissioner of Public Works and the second borough president of

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district of New York City, United States. In 1909 he was appointed acting borough president upon the removal of Louis F. Haffen by New York Governor

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. He was then elected interim borough president for the remainder of Haffen's term by a unanimous vote of the eight aldermen representing The Bronx on the

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. At the time Murray was serving as the Commissioner of Public Works. Murray did not run for election for the 1910 term, and he was succeeded by Cyrus C. Miller. Murray suffered from

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and anemia for about a year before dying on December 31, 1928 in a Metropolitan Life Insurance Company sanitarium in

Mount McGregor, New York Wilton is a town in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 17,361 at the 2020 census. The Town of Wilton is in the northeastern part of the county, northeast of Saratoga Springs, which it borders. History The region, once ...

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Bronx borough presidents 1862 births 1928 deaths {{NewYork-politician-stub

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