Thomas Carmody

Thomas Carmody (born October 9, 1859 in Milo , New York , † January 22, 1922 in New Rochelle , New York) was an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ).

Career

Thomas Carmody's childhood was marked by the Civil War . Nothing more is known about his youth. He studied law at Cornell Law School . He was admitted to the bar in 1886. From 1889 to 1893 he was a district attorney in Yates County and from 1893 to 1896 chief examiner in the State Civil Service Commission. He took part in 1904 and 1912 as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions .

He was elected Attorney General of New York in the 1910 election and re-elected in 1912. He held the post from 1911 to 1914. During his tenure in 1913, he got into a dispute with zoo director William Temple Hornaday over the federal law on migratory birds, which Carmody believed was unconstitutional. On July 20, 1914, he and Assistant Attorney General of New York Joseph A. Kellogg announced their resignation effective September 1, 1914. Her intention was to open a law practice with Senator George A. Blauvelt on 61  Broadway in New York City .

He caught a cold in a case in White Plains, New York, and died four days later of pneumonia at his home at 95 Locust Avenue in New Rochelle. He was buried in St. Michael's Cemetery in Penn Yan, New York.

literature

• Carmody Bitterly Attacks Hornaday , The New York Times, December 22, 1913
• Carmody Will Quit State's Law Office , The New York Times, July 21, 1914
• Thomas Carmody Dies , The New York Times, January 23, 1922

Web links

• Thomas Carmody at The Political Graveyard