John Fitzgibbons

John Fitzgibbons (born July 10, 1868 in Oneida County , New York , †  August 4, 1941 in Buffalo , New York) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1935 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1870 John Fitzgibbons came to Oswego , where he attended public schools. In 1885 he started working for the railroad. Between 1896 and 1914 and from 1915 to 1933 he was a representative of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen in New York State. In between he was an arbitrator in the labor ministry of his state in 1914 and 1915. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party . Between 1908 and 1909 he was a member of the Oswego City Council; in 1910 and 1911 and between 1918 and 1921 he was mayor of this place. In 1920, 1924 and 1932 he took part as a delegate at the respective Democratic National Conventions .

In the 1932 congressional elections , Fitzgibbons was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in a state-wide constituency of New York , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1933. Since he renounced another candidacy in 1934, he could only complete one term in Congress until January 3, 1935 . During this time, the Roosevelt government's first New Deal laws were passed there. In 1935 the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were applied for the first time , according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, John Fitzgibbons worked for the railroad workers' movement in Buffalo. He died there on August 4, 1941.

Web links

• John Fitzgibbons in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)