Note: This is just one of
1,325
family groupings listed on
The Political Graveyard web site.
These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
not the choices of any historian or genealogist.
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James J. Byrne (1863-1930) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 8,
1863.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 9th District, 1905; borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1926-30; died in office 1930.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from gallstones,
in Brooklyn Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
14, 1930 (age 66 years, 340
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John Henry McCooey (1864-1934) —
also known as John H. McCooey; "Tammany's Uncle
John" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 18,
1864.
Democrat. Shipyard
worker; candidate for borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1909; chair of
Kings County Democratic Party, 1910-34; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
Democratic Presidential Elector for New York, 1913
(voted for Woodrow
Wilson and Thomas
R. Marshall); member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930; Democratic Presidential Elector
for New York, 1933;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1933-34; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of myocarditis,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
21, 1934 (age 69 years, 217
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Edward J. Dowling (b. 1875) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
8, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916;
member of New York
state senate 19th District, 1917-20; defeated, 1920; pleaded
guilty in 1934 for embezzling
$20,000 in Liberty bonds from an estate he represented as attorney;
made restitution,
resigned
his law license, and received a suspended sentence.
Burial location unknown.
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Jerome G. Ambro (1897-1979) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
25, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1925-33; defeated
in primary, 1937; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1933; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1936; candidate for New York
state senate 10th District, 1960.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Died in Huntington Station, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
17, 1979 (age 81 years, 82
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Henry McCooey Jr. (1899-1948) —
also known as John H. McCooey, Jr. —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
7, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1932-48; died in office 1948.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 23,
1948 (age 48 years, 199
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. (1928-1993) —
also known as Jerome A. Ambro, Jr. —
of Huntington Station, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 27,
1928.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
Huntington town supervisor; member, Suffolk County Board of
Supervisors; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1970; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1975-81; defeated,
1980.
Died, from diabetes,
in a hospital
at Falls
Church, Va., March 4,
1993 (age 64 years, 250
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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