Joseph A. Gavagan

Joseph A. Gavagan

Joseph Andrew Gavagan (born August 20, 1892 in New York City , † October 18, 1968 in Bennington , Vermont ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1929 and 1943 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Andrew Gavagan attended public and denominational schools. He studied law at Fordham University's law school in New York City. In 1920 he graduated from there. During the First World War he enlisted in the US Army . He served from August 20, 1917 to October 13, 1919 first as a private and after his promotion as a second lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps . After his admission to the bar in 1920, he began practicing in New York City. He also served as First Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Reserve Corps between 1920 and 1925 . He was also a member of the New York State Assembly from 1923 to 1929 . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

Gavagan was elected to the 72nd Congress in a by-election in the 21st  constituency of New York to fill the vacancy created by the death of Royal Hurlburt Weller . He took his seat in the US House of Representatives on November 5, 1929. Gavagan was re-elected six times in a row, but resigned before the end of his last term on December 30, 1943. During his time in Congress he chaired the Committee on Elections No. 2 ( 72nd to 76th Congress ) and the Committee on War Claims ( 77th and 78th Congress ).

In November 1943, he was elected judge on the New York Supreme Court for a fourteen-year term. He was re-elected for a second term in 1957. He died on October 18, 1968 in Bennington and was then buried in the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne .

Web links

• Joseph A. Gavagan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph A. Gavagan in the database of Find a Grave (English)