Anning Smith Bulging

Anning Smith Bulging

Anning Smith Prall (born September 17, 1870 in Port Richmond , New York , † July 23, 1937 in Boothbay Harbor , Maine ) was an American politician . Between 1923 and 1935 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Anning Smith Prall was born in Port Richmond about five years after the end of the Civil War . He attended public schools and New York University . He then worked as a clerk in a newspaper office in New York City . Between 1908 and 1918 he was responsible for the real estate department of a bank. He then worked as a clerk on the First District Municipal Court of New York City. On January 1, 1918, he was appointed to the New York City Education Committee - a position he held until December 31, 1921. During this time he was elected president three times. He served as the Commissioner of Texas and Assessment in 1922 and 1923 . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

He was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in a by-election on November 6, 1923 in the eleventh constituency of New York to fill the vacancy created by the death of Daniel J. Riordan . In the congressional elections of 1924 he was elected to the 69th Congress and then re-elected to the four subsequent congresses . Since he refused to run again in 1934 , he left the Congress after January 3, 1935. During this time he took part in 1924 as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in New York City.

On January 15, 1935, he was appointed chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - a position he held until his death. He died on July 23, 1937 of complications from a myocardial infarction in his summer home in Boothbay Harbor and was then buried in Moravian Cemetery in New Dorp .

Honors

The Anning S. Prall Intermediate School on Staten Island was named in his honor.

Web links

• Anning Smith Prall in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Anning Smith impact in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Anning Smith Prall at The Political Graveyard