James Vincent Ganly (September 13, 1878 – September 7, 1923) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
New York
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. Born in
Manhattan, New York City
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, Ganly attended the public schools and
Packard Business College
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. He engaged in the oil, real estate, and automobile businesses.
Politics
He was a member of the
New York State Assembly
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The Ass ...
(New York Co., 24th D.) in
1907
Events
January
* January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000.
February
* February 9 – The "Mud March (suffragists), Mud March", the ...
. He was the first county clerk of Bronx County 1914–1918. Ganly was elected as a
Democrat
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to the
Sixty-sixth Congress, defeating
Benjamin L. Fairchild and serving from (March 4, 1919 - March 3, 1921). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the
Sixty-seventh Congress, losing to Fairchild.
[James V. Ganly profile](_blank)
a
''The Political Graveyard''
accessed April 3, 2014.
Last years and death
Ganly was elected to the
Sixty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1923, until his death in an automobile accident in New York City on September 7, 1923, before the convening of Congress. He was interred in
St. Raymond's Cemetery,
The Bronx, New York
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. He was again succeeded in Congress by Fairchild.
See also
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References
External links
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* U.S. Government Printing Office
''James V. Ganly, Late a Representative from New York''at
HathiTrust
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, 1925
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1878 births
1923 deaths
Politicians from Manhattan
Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
Road incident deaths in New York City
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
Burials at Saint Raymond's Cemetery (Bronx)
20th-century members of the New York State Legislature
20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives