Walter A. Lynch

Walter A. Lynch

Walter Aloysius Lynch (born July 7, 1894 in New York City , † September 10, 1957 in Belle Harbor , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1940 and 1951 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Walter Aloysius Lynch attended St. Jerome's Parochial School and Fordham Preparatory School . In 1915 he graduated from Fordham University in New York City and in 1918 from the law faculty of the same university. After receiving his license to practice bar in 1918, he began practicing in New York City. In 1930 he was a magistrate in New York City. In 1938 he took part as a delegate to the New York Constituent Assembly . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

He was elected to the 76th Congress in a by-election in the 22nd  constituency of New York to fill the vacancy created by the death of Edward W. Curley . He took his seat in the US House of Representatives on February 20, 1940. In the 1940 congressional elections , he was elected to the 77th Congress . He was re-elected once. In 1944 he ran in the 23rd constituency of New York for the 78th Congress . After a successful election, he succeeded Charles A. Buckley on January 4, 1945 . Lynch was re-elected twice in a row. He was in 1950 for the 82nd Congress nominated again, but withdrew his candidacy and was eliminated from the after January 3, 1951 Congress of.

His candidacy for the office of governor of New York was unsuccessful. In 1954 he was elected a judge on the New York Supreme Court - a position he held from January 1955 until his death. He died on September 10, 1957 in Belle Harbor, Queens, and was then buried in the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne .

Web links

• Walter A. Lynch in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Walter A. Lynch in the database of Find a Grave (English)