William E. Cleary

William E. Cleary, around 1923

William Edward Cleary (born July 20, 1849 in Ellenville , New York , † December 20, 1932 in Brooklyn , New York) was an American politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives between 1918 and 1921 and between 1923 and 1927 .

Career

William Edward Cleary was born and raised in Ellenville about a year and a half after the end of the Mexican-American War . During this time he attended public schools and the Ellenville Academy . In 1879 he moved to the then independent city of Brooklyn, where he pursued water transport. Cleary was vice president of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation . He was also the founder and president of the Victory Memorial Hospital . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

He was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in a by-election on March 5, 1918 in the eighth constituency of New York to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Daniel J. Griffin . In the regular congressional elections that year he was elected to the 66th Congress . In 1920 he was defeated in his re-election bid and was eliminated from the after March 3, 1921 Congress of. Cleary ran for a seat in the 68th Congress in 1922 . After a successful election, he succeeded Charles G. Bond on March 4, 1923 . He was re-elected once. Since he refused to run again in 1926 , he left the Congress after March 3, 1927.

After his time at Congress, he went back to his previous business. He died in Brooklyn on December 20, 1932 and was buried there in Holy Cross Cemetery .

Web links

• William E. Cleary in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William E. Cleary in the database of Find a Grave (English)