The Political Graveyard: Queens County, N.Y.

Queens County
New York

Queens County information:

Population: 2,229,379 (2000); 1,951,598 (1990)
Land area 109 square miles.
County seat: Jamaica
Capital Impact: Queens County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
USA MapStats: Queens County -- census data on population, race, economics
Queens County NYGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
(if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the USGenWeb national site).
Queens County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

Neighboring areas:

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 Queens County

(not intended to be complete)

Garret J. Garretson (School Commissioner, 1873-75) Garret J. Garretson (County Surrogate, 1880) Garret J. Garretson (County Judge, 1886-96) William J. Youngs (District Attorney) George Willets Davison (District Attorney, 1899) John B. Merrill (District Attorney, 1900) Joseph H. DeBragga (Sheriff, 1901) Denis O'Leary (District Attorney, 1915-21) Richard S. Newcombe (District Attorney, 1929) James T. Hallinan (District Attorney, 1930-31) William F. Brunner (Sheriff, 1935-36) Maurice A. FitzGerald (Sheriff, 1937-41)

Politicians who died in Queens County

Astoria, Queens: Albert Gallatin 1849 James E. Clonin 1925 Peter A. Leininger 1937
Belle Harbor, Queens: James J. Dooling 1937 Walter A. Lynch 1957
Douglaston, Queens: Denis O'Leary 1943
Far Rockaway, Queens: Thomas F. Gilroy 1911 Joseph Cassidy 1920 Thomas F. Burchill 1955 William F. Brunner 1965
Flushing, Queens: Nathan Sanford 1838 Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence 1861 Lloyd Bryce 1917 Joseph Flanagan 1935 Elmer E. Studley 1942 Robert Nodar, Jr. 1974 Donald R. Manes 1986
Forest Hills, Queens: John F. Hylan 1936
Forest Hills Gardens, Queens: James H. Cassidy 1926 Maurice E. Connolly 1935
Glendale, Queens: George Archinal 1987
Ingleside, Queens: James Remington Fairlamb 1908
Jackson Heights, Queens: Robert Tripp Ross 1981
Jamaica, Queens: Egbert Benson 1833 Richard C. McCormick 1901 L. Gary Clemente 1968 Ralph Halpern 1975
Little Neck, Queens: James A. Burke 1965
Long Island City, Queens: Thomas C. Kadien, Jr. 1950
Newtown, Queens: John Alsop 1794
Queens: George Townsend 1844 John A. King 1867 L. Bradford Prince 1922 Catherine M. Clarke 1987 Saul Weprin 1994 Kenneth Sherbell 1998 Leonard P. Stavisky 1999 Frank M. Fitzgerald 2004
St. Albans, Queens: Andrew L. Somers 1949
Sunnyside, Queens: C. Pope Caldwell 1940
See also N.Y. deathplaces not assigned to counties.

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