De Witt C. Flanagan

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De Witt C. Flanagan, around 1902

De Witt Clinton Flanagan (born December 28, 1870 in New York City , †  January 15, 1946 in Utica , New York ) was an American politician . In 1902 and 1903 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

De Witt Flanagan attended private schools and then studied at Columbia College in New York. He then began a successful career in business. He was involved in several industrial companies. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . After the death of the Congressman Joshua S. Salmon , Flanagan was elected to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the by-election due for the fourth seat of New Jersey , where he took up his new mandate on June 18, 1902. By March 3, 1903, he ended the current legislative period there. In 1904 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in St. Louis , where Alton B. Parker was nominated as a presidential candidate.

After that Flanagan no longer appeared politically. He founded the Boston, Cape Cod & New York Canal Co. , which built and operated the Cape Cod Canal . He later moved to Alabama , where he helped develop agriculture and improve infrastructure in Baldwin County . De Witt Flanagan died on January 15, 1946 in Utica and was buried in the family mausoleum in New York City.

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SURNAME Flanagan, De Witt C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flanagan, De Witt Clinton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1946
Place of death Utica , New York