W. Kingsland Macy

W. Kingsland Macy

William Kingsland "King" Macy (born November 21, 1889 in New York City , † July 15, 1961 in Islip , Suffolk County , New York ) was an American businessman, banker and politician ( Republican Party ).

Career

William Kingsland Macy graduated in 1908 at the Groton School ( Massachusetts ) and 1912 at Harvard University . He then worked in wholesale and import between 1912 and 1915 . He later served on the United States Food Administration and War Trade Board between 1917 and 1919 . He then held the post of President of the Union Pacific Tea Co. between 1919 and 1922. He was a member of a brokerage company between 1922 and 1938 . He also worked as a banker and publisher.

Macy also had a political career. He was chairman of the Suffolk County Republican Committee between 1926 and 1951 and the New York State Republican Committee between 1930 and 1934 . Macy attended the Republican National Conventions as a delegate in 1928, 1932, 1940, 1944, and 1948 , and the Republican State Conventions between 1928 and 1946 . During that time he was actively involved in the 1929 review of the New York State Banking Department . He then sponsored the Seabury Inquiry of New York City in 1931 and 1932 . He later held the position of regent in New York between 1941 and 1953 . Macy was a member of the New York Senate in 1946 . In the same year he was elected to the 80th US Congress and later re-elected in the subsequent ones. Macy served in the US House of Representatives from January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1951. He then chaired the committee of Suffolk Consolidated Press Co., Inc. and of Suffolk Broadcasting Corp.

Macy died in Islip (New York) in 1961 and was buried there in Oakwood Cemetery .

Web links

• W. Kingsland Macy in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• W. Kingsland Macy in the database of Find a Grave (English)