John MacCrate

John MacCrate (born March 29, 1885 in Dumbarton , Scotland , † June 9, 1976 in Brooklyn , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives in 1919 and 1920 .

Career

The MacCrate family immigrated to the United States in 1893 and settled in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. John MacCrate attended Brooklyn Public Schools and Commercial High School . He graduated from the Law Department of New York University in 1906 . He was admitted to the bar that same year and then began practicing in New York City . He ran for both the New York State Assembly and the New York Senate in 1909 . In 1916 and 1920 he took part as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions . MacCarte was in the primaries of both the Democratic and the Republican Party nomination and was at the end of the year 1918 as a Republican in the third electoral district of New York in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC chosen, where he on March 4, 1919, the successor of Joseph V. Flynn took office. However, he resigned from his congress seat on December 30, 1920. MacCrate was elected Justice of the New York Supreme Court for the Second District of New York in 1920 and was re-elected in 1934 and 1948. He worked there until December 31, 1955, when he reached the age limit. During this time he sat in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in 1948 and 1949 . He was Official Referee at the New York Supreme Court in 1956, 1957 and June 1958. He died on June 9, 1976 in Brooklyn and was then buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Queens .

Web links

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

personal data
SURNAME	MacCrate, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 29, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dumbarton , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH	June 9, 1976
Place of death	Brooklyn , New York