Perley A. Pitcher (January 27, 1877 in
Pamelia,
Jefferson County, New York
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– February 20, 1939 in
Albany, New York
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) was an American lawyer and politician from
New York
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. He was
Temporary President of the New York State Senate in 1939.
Life
He was the son of John P. Pitcher and Mary Olive Delia (Root) Pitcher. He studied law in
Watertown. He married Louella Northup Cox (1876–1947).
He was a member of the
New York State Senate
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(37th D.) from 1925 until his death in 1939, sitting in the
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149th,
150th,
151st,
152nd,
153rd,
154th,
155th,
156th,
157th,
158th,
159th,
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,
161st and
162nd New York State Legislature
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s. He was the
Republican Floor Leader at the
New York State Constitutional Convention
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of 1938 and was elected Temporary President of the State Senate at the beginning of the session, in 1939.
Less than two months into the legislative session, he died in his hotel room in
Albany, New York
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. He was buried at the North Watertown Cemetery in
Watertown.
Sources
Obituary in ''New York Times'' on February 21, 1939 (subscription required)''The Pitcher Book:A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Andrew Pitcher and Margaret Russell Who Settled in Milton, Massachusetts, 1634-2007''
by William Richard Phipps (pages 301f; Heritage Books, 2007, , ) (stating wrong birthplace and dying place)
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1877 births
1939 deaths
Republican Party New York (state) state senators
Politicians from Watertown, New York
Majority leaders of the New York State Senate
20th-century members of the New York State Legislature