Joseph Daly Nunan Jr. (December 28, 1897 – February 21, 1968) was an American politician from
New York
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He was born on December 28, 1897, in
Brooklyn.
He was a member of the
New York State Assembly
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(Queens Co., 4th D.) in
1930
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He was a member of the
New York State Senate
The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature; the New York State Assembly is its lower house. Its members are elected to two-year terms; there are no term limits. There are 63 seats in the Senate.
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(2nd D.) from 1931 to 1940, sitting in the
154th,
155th,
156th,
157th,
158th,
159th,
160th,
161st and
162nd New York State Legislature
The 162nd New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 4, 1939, to October 22, 1940, during the seventh and eight years of Herbert H. Lehman's governorship, in Albany.
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s. He was a delegate to the
New York State Constitutional Convention of 1938.
He was U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st New York District from March 1, 1944 until June 30, 1947. At that time, he was hired by Lawrence Bardin, President of the Indianapolis Brewing Co. and turned an IRS debt of $636,000 into a $35,000 refund. Lawrence Bardin was subsequently convicted of income tax evasion and served ten months in prison.
He was convicted of
tax evasion in 1952. He was convicted of hiding more than $90,000 income. In particular, he had won $1,800 on a bet that
Harry Truman would win the election, but he neglected to declare it on his taxes.
He died in February 1968.
"Joseph Nunan"
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American people convicted of tax crimes
1897 births
1968 deaths
Members of the New York State Assembly
New York (state) state senators
20th-century American legislators
20th-century New York (state) politicians
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