James P. Maher

James P. Maher

James Paul Maher (born November 3, 1865 in Brooklyn , New York , † July 31, 1946 in Keansburg , New Jersey ) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1921 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Maher was born in Brooklyn a few months after the end of the Civil War and graduated from St. Patrick's Academy there . He did an apprenticeship as a hatter. In 1887 he moved to Danbury ( Connecticut ), where he worked as Hutmachergeselle. In 1897 he was Treasurer of the United Hatters of North America . In 1902 he returned to Brooklyn.

He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in Congress in 1908 . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party . In the 1910 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of New York , where he succeeded Otto G. Foelker on March 4, 1911 . He ran for a seat in Congress in the fifth district of New York in 1912 . After a successful election, he succeeded William C. Redfield on March 4, 1913 . He was re-elected twice in a row. In 1918 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in the seventh district of New York, where he succeeded John J. Delaney on March 4, 1919 . On his sixth nomination in 1920 but he suffered a defeat and withdrew from the after March 3, 1921 Congress of. As a congressman, he chaired the Department of Labor's Committee on Expenditures ( 63rd to 65th Congress ).

He then went on to pursue real estate deals in Brooklyn. He then moved to Keansburg, where he continued his activities. In 1926 he was elected mayor of Keansburg. He died there on July 31, 1946 and was buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Keyport .

Web links

• James P. Maher in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James P. Maher in the database of Find a Grave (English)