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Cornelius Augustine McGlennon (December 10, 1878 – June 13, 1931) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented from 1919 to 1921.


Biography

McGlennon was born in
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, on December 10, 1878. Throughout his younger years he attended Holy Cross School in
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, and St. Francis Xavier's High School in
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. McGlennon later attended college and graduated from
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in
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, in 1899. After this, he became a public and high-school principal from 1901 until 1926. Cornelius also studied law at the New Jersey Law School in
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, before he was admitted to the bar in 1916. McGlennon practiced law in
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. Sometime afterwards, McGlennon's interest piqued in politics. McGlennon served as member of the
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in 1917 and 1918, and then served as Democratic floor leader in 1918. McGlennon also continued his political foray to be Mayor of East Newark, New Jersey, from 1907 to 1919. In 1918, Democrat McGlennon, then majority leader of the state senate, defeated Republican William Ross by just 299 votes out of more than 25,000 cast. McGlennon was then the elected representative to the
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(March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921), representing
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in the
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, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the
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. He served as a delegate to the
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. In 1924, he was appointed judge of the
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and served until his death. Cornelius also was acting supervising principal at
Harrison, New Jersey Harrison is a town in the western part of Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. It is a suburb of the nearby city of Newark, and is located from New York City. Once considered "the bee ...
, from 1926 to 1931. He died in
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, on June 13, 1931, at the age of 52. McGlennon was buried in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in
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.


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New Jersey politics article
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