Richard Francis Mckiniry (March 23, 1878 – May 30, 1950) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a

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from 1919 to 1921.

Biography

Born in

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, Mckiniry attended the public schools. He graduated from the College of St. Francis Xavier, New York City, and from the New York Law School. He was

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in 1899 and commenced the practice of his profession in New York City. He served as assistant

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1914–1917. Secretary of the State supreme court, first district from 1917 to 1919.

Congress

Mckiniry was elected as a

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to the Sixty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress.

Later career and death

He was appointed a magistrate of New York City on January 1, 1923, and served until August 15, 1943, when he retired due to ill health. He died in

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, May 30, 1950. He was interred in Calvary Cemetery,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McKiniry, Richard F. 1878 births 1950 deaths New York Law School alumni American Roman Catholics Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Queens) Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) New York (state) state court judges