John Vincent (lawyer)
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John Vincent was an American lawyer and politician from New York (state), New York.


Life

He lived in Harlem, and had a law office at 20, Nassau Street (Manhattan), Nassau Street. In January 1882, John McKeon took office as New York County District Attorney and appointed Vincent an Assistant D.A. After McKeon's death on November 22, 1883, Vincent was appointed by the Court of General Sessions as Acting D.A. pending the filling of the vacancy by the governor. On November 30, Governor Grover Cleveland appointed Wheeler H. Peckham as D.A. and Vincent resumed his post as Assistant D.A. After Peckham's resignation, D.A. Peter B. Olney retained Vincent as Assistant D.A. and both remained in office until the end of 1884. Afterwards Vincent resumed the practice of law. In November 1887, Vincent ran on the United Labor Party (New York), United Labor ticket for the New York Supreme Court (1st D.) but was defeated. Later he removed to Rockville Centre, New York. He was Vice President of the Bank of Rockville Centre. In 1898, he claimed to have been cured of rheumatism by the "Sebastian Kneipp, Kneipp cure."


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''MR. M'KEON'S ASSISTANTS''
in NYT on December 29, 1881
''JOHN M'KEON'S WORK DONE''
in NYT on November 23, 1883
''THE NEW DISTRICT ATTORNEY.; MR. PECKHAM...''
in NYT on December 2, 1883
''ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS''
in NYT on December 28, 1883
''A COMPETENT TRUSTEE.; ...CONTEST ENDS IN MUCH LOSS AND DEFEAT OF MR. CALVIN'S SPECIAL GUARDIAN, JOHN VINCENT''
in NYT on February 3, 1887
''LABOR PARTY CANDIDATES''
in NYT on October 18, 1887
''A LIST OF THE CANDIDATES ON THE VARIOUS TICKETS''
in NYT on November 7, 1887
''COMPLETING THE CANVASS''
in NYT on November 22, 1887
''TAKING THE KNEIPP CURE''
in NYT on June 12, 1898 19th-century births Year of death missing New York County District Attorneys Lawyers from Harlem People from Rockville Centre, New York {{US-law-bio-stub