Thomas J. Scully

Thomas Joseph Scully (born September 19, 1868 in South Amboy , New Jersey , †  December 14, 1921 there ) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1921 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Scully attended his home public schools and Seton Hall College in South Orange . Then he worked in the transport business. He also began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . From 1893 to 1895 he was a member of the South Amboy Education Committee; in 1909 and 1910 he was mayor of his hometown. In 1912, he participated as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore , where Woodrow Wilson was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the 1910 congressional election , Scully was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Benjamin Franklin Howell on March 4, 1911 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1921 . During this time the First World War fell . Also, during Scully's tenure as Congressman, the 16th , 17th , 18th and 19th amendments were ratified.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Thomas Scully was once again Mayor of South Amboy in 1921. He also died in this city on December 14, 1921.

Web links

• Thomas J. Scully in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas J. Scully in the database of Find a Grave (English)