John Fitzgibbons (July 10, 1868 in Glenmore,

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– August 4, 1941 in Buffalo,

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) was an American politician from New York. He served one term in the

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from 1933 to 1935.

Life

His family removed to Oswego, New York, in 1870. He attended the public schools, and was employed as a railway trainman in 1885, served as legislative representative of the

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of New York State from 1896 to 1914 and again from February 1915 until January 1, 1933, and served as referee for the New York State Labor Bureau in 1914 and 1915. He was an

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of Oswego in 1908 and 1909; and Mayor of Oswego from 1910 to 1911, and from 1918 to 1921. He was a delegate to the 1920,

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and

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s. In

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, he was elected at-large as a

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to the

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, holding office from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1935. Afterwards, he resumed his post as the legislative representative for the Railroad Brotherhoods in Albany until his death in a Buffalo hospital in 1941. He was buried at the St. Peter's Cemetery in Oswego.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzgibbons, John 1868 births 1941 deaths Politicians from Oswego, New York People from Oneida County, New York Mayors of places in New York (state) Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) New York (state) city council members Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen people Trade unionists from New York (state)