Dennis McCarthy (March 19, 1814 – February 14, 1886) was an American manufacturer and politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Thomas McCarthy. He attended Valley Academy in Salina and engaged in the manufacturing of salt. In the early 1840s he went into business operating a general store with his brother-in-law Silas Titus. He was a Democratic member of the

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(Onondaga Co.) in 1845, and was

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, in 1853. He was elected as a Republican to the 40th and

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es, holding office from March 4, 1867, to March 3, 1871. Afterwards he resumed his former business pursuits. In 1878 mayor

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formed a committee of citizens, St. Joseph's Hospital Aid Society, to look after the interests of St. Joseph's Hospital. McCarthy followed Theodore Dissel as president. He was a member of the

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from 1876 to 1885, sitting in the 99th, 100th, 101st, 102nd, 103rd, 104th, 105th, 106th, 107th and

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s; and was

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in 1881, 1884 and 1885. He became Acting

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in 1885 after the resignation of Governor

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and the succession of Lt. Gov. David B. Hill to the governorship. He died in

, on February 14, 1886, and was buried at Saint Agnes Cemetery in Syracuse.Titus Jr., L. J., 2004, ''Titus - A North American Family History'', Baltimore, MD, p. 599

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