Thomas Francis Magner (March 8, 1860 – December 22, 1945) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a

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from

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from 1889 to 1895. He was an uncle of John Francis Carew.

Biography

Born in

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, Magner attended the public schools. He graduated from St. Xavier College in 1880 and from

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, New York City, in 1882. He taught in a public school in Brooklyn. He studied law. He was

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in 1883 and commenced practice in

, the same year.

Political career

He was a member of the

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(Kings Co., 6th D.) in

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Congress

Magner was elected as a

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to the 51st, 52nd and

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es, holding office from March 4, 1889, to March 3, 1895.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law, and served as corporation counsel of the Borough of Brooklyn from 1913 to 1917. He died, after a long illness, in the Hotel Bossert,

on December 22, 1945. He was interred in Holy Cross Cemetery.

Sources

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