Daniel J. Griffin
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Daniel Joseph Griffin (March 26, 1880 - December 11, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Griffin attended the parochial schools, St. Laurent College, near Montreal, Canada, and St. Peter's College, Jersey City. He was graduated in law from the New York Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1902 and commenced practice in Brooklyn. He served as commissioner of licenses for the Borough of Brooklyn 1903-1906. Head of the administration and guardianship departments of the surrogate's court of Kings County 1906-1912. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1912.
Griffin was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, to December 31, 1917, when he resigned. He served as sheriff of Kings County in 1918 and 1919. He resumed the practice of law. He died in Brooklyn, New York, on December 11, 1926. He was interred in Holy Cross Cemetery.
