Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. These groupings — even thenames 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. | |  James J. Byrne (1863-1930) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April 8,1863.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 9th District, 1905;boroughpresident of Brooklyn, New York, 1926-30; died in office 1930.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Elks;Knightsof Columbus.Died, fromgallstones,in BrooklynHospital,Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March14, 1930 (age66 years, 340days).Interment atHolyCross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | John Henry McCooey (1864-1934) — also known asJohn H. McCooey;"Tammany's UncleJohn" —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 18,1864.Democrat.Shipyardworker; candidate forboroughpresident of Brooklyn, New York, 1909;chair ofKings County Democratic Party, 1910-34; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1912,1916,1920,1924,1928,1932;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,1913(voted forWoodrowWilson andThomasR. Marshall); member ofNew YorkDemocratic State Committee, 1930; Democratic Presidential Electorfor New York,1933;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New York, 1933-34;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died, ofmyocarditis,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January21, 1934 (age69 years, 217days).Interment atHolyCross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.  | Edward J. Dowling (b. 1875) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December8, 1875.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1916;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 19th District, 1917-20; defeated, 1920;pleadedguilty in 1934 forembezzling$20,000 in Liberty bonds from an estate he represented as attorney;maderestitution,resignedhis law license, and received a suspended sentence.Burial location unknown. | | Jerome G. Ambro (1897-1979) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Forest Hills, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December25, 1897.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 19th District, 1925-33; defeatedin primary, 1937; candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1933; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1936; candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 10th District, 1960.Catholic.Italianancestry.Died in Huntington Station,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,March17, 1979 (age81 years, 82days).Burial location unknown. | | John Henry McCooey Jr. (1899-1948) — also known asJohn H. McCooey, Jr. — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1899.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1932-48; died in office 1948.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 23,1948 (age48 years, 199days).Interment atHolyCross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. (1928-1993) — also known asJerome A. Ambro, Jr. — of Huntington Station,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 27,1928.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;Huntington town supervisor; member, Suffolk County Board ofSupervisors; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1970;U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1975-81; defeated,1980.Died, fromdiabetes,in ahospitalatFallsChurch, Va.,March 4,1993 (age64 years, 250days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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