John J. Kennedy

John J. Kennedy (born July 26, 1856 in Buffalo , New York , † February 15, 1914 there ) was an American businessman and politician ( Democratic Party ). He was Treasurer of State of New York from 1911 to 1914 .

Career

John J. Kennedy's childhood was overshadowed by the Civil War . He attended public schools and St. Joseph's College in Buffalo. Then he worked as a pub owner. First he opened two bars in the waterfront and later another on the corner of Pearl and Eagle Streets. In 1881 he married Ottilie Schupp. The couple had two daughters and a son named William Kennedy.

From 1885 to 1910 he was Alderman in Buffalo and intermittently President of the Board of Aldermen and Acting Mayor. He was elected Treasurer of State of New York in 1910 and re-elected in 1912. He committed suicide in Buffalo on February 15, 1914. Kennedy was resident vice president in Buffalo from the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Baltimore ( Maryland ), a bonding company , which in conjunction with the Tammany Hall stood. After his election as Treasurer of State in 1910, he passed the management of his business to his son William, who became Buffalo Resident Secretary of the company. William Kennedy worked in the bonding business with Charles F. Murphy Jr., nephew of Tammany Hall leader Charles Francis Murphy . Subsequently, Special Graft Investigator James W. Osborne of New York Governor Martin H. Glynn investigated the two Kennedys, Murphy and others. These were then questioned by the Manhattan Grand Jury and District Attorney Charles S. Whitman . According to unnamed sources, Treasurer Kennedy feared being charged with perjury, which his lawyer denied.

He was buried on Limestone Hill in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Buffalo.

literature

• The Successful American,: Volume 9, Issue 1. Press Biographical Company, New York, 1904, pp. 159, 160
• Dix Has Risen Fast In State Politics , The New York Times, October 1, 1910
• Democrats Finish Ticket In Harmony , The New York Times, October 4, 1912
• Kennedy's Rise To Power , The New York Times, February 16, 1914
• Acts Of Kennedy Were Under Fire , The New York Times, February 16, 1914
• Kennedy's Books Tally To A Cent , The New York Times, February 16, 1914
• Three Kennedy Inquiries , The New York Times, February 17, 1914
• Kennedy Feared Charge Of Perjury , The New York Times, February 17, 1914
• Kennedy Out Of Bonding , The New York Times, February 18, 1914
• Defends Kennedy As He Is Buried , The New York Times, February 19, 1914
• George Edward Plumbe, James Langland: The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for 1915.: Volume 31. Chicago Daily News, Incorporated, Chicago, Ill., 1914, p. 354.

Web links

• John J. Kennedy on The Political Graveyard website