The Political Graveyard: Bronx County, N.Y.

Bronx County
New York

Bronx County information:

Population: 1,332,650 (2000); 1,203,789 (1990)
Land area 42 square miles.
County seat: Bronx
Capital Impact: Bronx County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
USA MapStats: Bronx County -- census data on population, race, economics
Bronx County NYGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
(if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the USGenWeb national site).
Bronx County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

Neighboring areas:

North: Westchester County
East: Long Island Sound
South: East River; Queens County
Southwest: Harlem River; New York County
West: Lower Hudson River

The Political Graveyard:

Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error. The intent is to locate places according to current county names and boundaries. If you don't find what you're looking for, check other nearby counties, the unassigned page, or the Gazetteer. Any corrections to county locations would be greatly appreciated. See contact information on the Main Page.

Selected officials of Bronx County

(not intended to be complete)

Joseph I. Berry (Coroner, 1902-05) James V. Ganly (County Clerk, 1914-17) Francis Martin (District Attorney, 1914-20) James F. Donnelly (Sheriff, 1918-21) Joseph M. Callahan (County Clerk, 1918-21) Edward J. Glennon (District Attorney, 1920-23) Edward J. Flynn (Sheriff, 1922-25) John E. McGeehan (District Attorney, 1924-29) Louis A. Schoffel (County Register, 1925-32) Lester W. Patterson (Sheriff, 1926-29) Charles B. McLaughlin (District Attorney, 1930-33) Lester W. Patterson (County Clerk, 1930-33) Herman M. Albert (County Register, 1933-41) Samuel Foley (District Attorney, 1933-50) John J. Hanley (Sheriff, 1934-37) Nicholas J. Eberhard (County Clerk, 1934-37) George B. DeLuca (District Attorney, 1950-54) David M. Potts (County Surrogate, 1951-53) Daniel V. Sullivan (District Attorney, 1955-59) Isidore Dollinger (District Attorney, 1960-68) Burton B. Roberts (District Attorney, 1968-72) Mario Merola (District Attorney, 1973-87) Paul Gentile (District Attorney, 1987-88) Robert T. Johnson (District Attorney, 1989-)

Politicians who died in Bronx County

Bronx: Edward Haight 1885 Hervey Chittenden Calkin 1913 Timothy D. Sullivan 1913 Anthony J. Griffin 1935 Louis F. Haffen 1935 Edward W. Curley 1940 Israel J. P. Adlerman 1941 Henry Bruckner 1942 Fiorello H. LaGuardia 1947 Francis Martin 1947 Herman M. Albert 1947 Douglas Mathewson 1948 James M. Fitzpatrick 1949 Douglas H. Grieve 1951 James J. Broderick 1964 Melville E. Abrams 1966 Charles A. Buckley 1967 Frank Oliver 1968 Matthew M. Levy 1971 Lawrence E. Gerosa 1972 Peter A. Quinn 1974 Robert Gaylord Barnes 1977 Jacob H. Gilbert 1981 Abraham Solomon 1983 Abraham Bernstein 1990 Joseph F. Periconi 1994 Mario Angelo Procaccino 1995 David Ross 1997 John Westergaard 2003 Thomas J. Manton 2006
Spuyten Duyvil, New York County (now part of Bronx, Bronx County): Webster Wagner 1882
See also N.Y. deathplaces not assigned to counties.

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