Lawrence J. Fitzgerald (d. July 12, 1918 Auburn,

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) was an American businessman and politician.

Life

He was born in

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and came to the

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as a boy with his parents. The family settled at Skaneateles, N.Y. Later he moved to

Cortland, New York Cortland is a city and the county seat of Cortland County, New York, United States. Known as the Crown City, Cortland is in New York's Southern Tier region. As of 2024, the estimated population of Cortland, New York, is 17,196, reflecting a dec ...

and in 1869, he established the Cortland Wagon Company which manufactured carriages, wagons and bicycles. He was President of the Village of Cortland in 1882. As a

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, he was

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from 1886 to 1889, elected in

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and

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. In 1906, in opposition to William R. Hearst who had been nominated by the Democratic Party, he supported Republican

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for Governor. He was a vice president of the National Bank of Cortland, and a director of the Madison Square Bank and the Columbia Bank, both in

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Sources

The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Fitzgerald
at politicalgraveyard.com Political Graveyard

at www.usgennet.org History of the Cortland Wagon Co., at USGenNet

About the Treasurer's office, in NYT on February 3, 1887

Gubernatorial campaign, in NYT on October 6, 1906

Obit in NYT on July 13, 1918 {{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzgerald, Lawrence J Year of birth missing 1918 deaths New York state treasurers People from Cortland, New York People from Skaneateles, New York American bankers Politicians from Auburn, New York Irish emigrants to the United States