Charles A. Buckley

Charles A. Buckley

Charles Anthony Buckley (June 23, 1890 – January 22, 1967) was a Democratic Party politician from The Bronx, New York. An Irish-American,^[1] he served as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Bronx County Democratic Party and a member of the United States House of Representatives.

Biography

Buckley was born in New York City. He was educated in the public schools, and became involved in the construction and contracting business. He was a member of the board of aldermen of New York City from 1918 until 1923. He was chamberlain of New York City from 1929 until 1933. He was elected to Congress in 1934 and served from January 3, 1935 until January 3, 1965. He was chairman of the House Committee on Pensions in the 78th Congress and 79th Congress and chairman of the Committee on Public Works in the 82nd Congress and from the 84th Congress through the 88th Congress.

In 1953, Buckley succeeded Ed Flynn as the "boss" or Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Bronx County Democratic Party, a post from which he derived at least as much influence as his position on Capitol Hill. Buckley was defeated in the Democratic Primary in 1964 by Jonathan Bingham who ran as a reformer, an event signaling that the decline of machine politics in New York City, first visible in Manhattan, had spread to the Outer Boroughs.

He had a daughter, Eileen Buckley, and a son, Charles Anthony Buckley Jr. He died in New York City.

References

↑ Guthman, Edwin O. (1971). We Band of Brothers. New York, NY: Harper & Row. p. 139.

Sources

United States Congress. "Charles A. Buckley (id: B001024)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Frank A. Oliver	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 23rd congressional district 1935–1945	Succeeded by Walter A. Lynch
Preceded by Ralph A. Gamble	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 25th congressional district 1945–1953	Succeeded by Paul A. Fino
Preceded by Isidore Dollinger	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 24th congressional district 1953–1963	Succeeded by Paul A. Fino
Preceded by Jacob H. Gilbert	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 23rd congressional district 1963–1965	Succeeded by Jonathan B. Bingham

Chairmen of the United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Public Buildings and Grounds (1837–1947)	Towns Petrikin Boardman Pratt Ficklin Faran Houston Bowdon Stanton Craige Ball Keitt Train Rice Covode Hopkins Beatty Halsey Platt Holman Cook Shallenberger Stockslager Dibble Milliken Bankhead Milliken Mercer Gillet Bartholdt Sheppard Clark Langley Elliott Lanham
Rivers and Harbors (1883–1947)	Willis Blanchard Henderson Blanchard Catchings Hooker Cooper Burton Alexander Sparkman Small Kennedy Dempsey Mansfield
Roads (1913–1947)	Shackleford Dunn Dowell Almon Cartwright Robinson
Flood Control (1916–1947)	Humphreys Rodenberg Schall Reid Wilson Whittington
Transportation and Infrastructure* (1947–)	Dondero Whittington Buckley Dondero Buckley Fallon Blatnik Jones Johnson Howard Anderson Roe Mineta E. Shuster Young Oberstar Mica W. Shuster
Note	^Alternately named Public Works* in 80th through 93rd Congresses and Public Works and Transportation in 94th through 103rd Congresses.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 58258674 LCCN: n91071378 US Congress: B001024 IATH: w6vk1grg

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