Bernard Downing (August 14, 1869 in
New York City
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– May 25, 1931 in
Liberty
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,
Sullivan County, New York
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) was an American politician from
New York
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.
Life
He was the son of Charles Downing and Margaret Oakes Downing. He became an
accountant
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.
Downing was a member of the
New York State Senate
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from 1917 until his death in 1931, sitting in the
140th,
141st,
142nd,
143rd,
144th,
145th,
146th,
147th,
148th,
149th,
150th,
151st,
152nd,
153rd and
154th New York State Legislature
The 154th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 7 to September 19, 1931, during the third year of Franklin D. Roosevelt's governorship, in Albany.
Background
Und ...
s; and was Minority Leader from 1926 to 1931.
He died on May 25, 1931, at the Loomis Sanitarium in
Liberty, New York
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, of intestinal
tuberculosis
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; and was buried at the
Calvary Cemetery in
Queens
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.
Sources
''SENATOR DOWNING DIES AT 62''in NYT on May 26, 1931 (subscription required)
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1869 births
1931 deaths
Democratic Party New York (state) state senators
Politicians from Manhattan
20th-century deaths from tuberculosis
Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Queens)
Tuberculosis deaths in New York (state)
20th-century members of the New York State Legislature