James M. Fitzpatrick

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James M. Fitzpatrick

James Martin Fitzpatrick (born June 27, 1869 in West Stockbridge , Massachusetts , † April 10, 1949 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1927 and 1945 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Martin Fitzpatrick was born in Berkshire County about four years after the end of the Civil War . He attended public schools. He then worked in the iron ore mines in West Stockbridge. In 1891 he moved to New York City, where he worked in the various departments of the Metropolitan Street Railroad Company and the Interborough Rapid Transit Company until 1925 . Then he went into real estate business. He was Commissioner of Street Openings in New York City in 1919 and a member of the Broad of Aldermen in New York City between 1919 and 1927 . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the 1926 congressional election for the 70th Congress , Fitzpatrick was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 24th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Benjamin L. Fairchild on March 4, 1927 . He was re-elected eight times in a row. Since it to a re-election bid in 1944 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1945 Congress of. His time at the Congress was overshadowed by the Great Depression and World War II .

He died on April 10, 1949 in New York City and was then buried in St. Raymond's Cemetery .

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SURNAME Fitzpatrick, James M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fitzpatrick, James Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH West Stockbridge , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1949
Place of death New York City