Thomas F. Magner

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Portrait of Magner from Once A Week Newspaper, 1890

Thomas Francis Magner (March 8, 1860 – December 22, 1945) was a U.S. Representative from New York, uncle of John Francis Carew.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Magner attended the public schools. He graduated from St. Xavier College in 1880 and from Columbia University, New York City, in 1882. He taught in a public school in Brooklyn. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1883 and commenced practice in Brooklyn, New York, the same year. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 6th D.) in 1888.

Magner was elected as a Democrat to the 51st, 52nd and 53rd United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1889, to March 3, 1895.

He resumed the practice of law, and served as corporation counsel of the Borough of Brooklyn in 1913-1917. He died, after a long illness, in the Hotel Bossert, Brooklyn, New York, December 22, 1945.^[1] He was interred in Holy Cross Cemetery.

Sources

Thomas F. Magner at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

↑ "Thomas F. Magner, 85, Ex-Congressman, Dies". The New York Times (New York City). The New York Times Company. 23 December 1945. p. 17.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Archibald M. Bliss	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 5th congressional district 1889-1893	Succeeded by John H. Graham
Preceded by John R. Fellows	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 6th congressional district 1893-1895	Succeeded by James R. Howe

Persondata
Name	Magner, Thomas Francis
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	March 8, 1860
Place of birth
Date of death	December 22, 1945
Place of death

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.