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  Delaney, James J.
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NameJames J. Delaney
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Long Island City, New York , United States
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Born March 19, 1901
Died May 24, 1987 (86 years)
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Infoborn in New York City March 19, 1901; attended the public schools in Long Island City, N.Y.; was graduated from the law department of St. John?s College, Brooklyn, N.Y. LL.B., 1931; was admitted to the bar in 1933 and commenced practice in New York City; assistant district attorney of Queens County, N.Y., 1936-1944; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress; resumed the practice of law in New York City; elected to the Eighty-first Congress; reelected to the fourteen succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1949, until his resignation December 31, 1978; chairman, Select Committee to conduct an investigation and study of the use of chemicals, pesticides, and insecticides in and with respect to food products (Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses), Committee on Rules (Ninety-fifth Congress); was not a candidate for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress; was a resident of Key Biscayne, Fla., until his death in Tenafly, N.J., May 24, 1987; interment in Calvary Cemetery, Queens, N.Y.



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  11/02/1976 NY District 09 Won 95.10% (+90.20%)
  09/14/1976 NY District 9 - R Primary Won 65.87% (+31.75%)
  11/05/1974 NY District 9 Won 93.02% (+86.03%)
  09/10/1974 NY District 9 - R Primary Won 68.39% (+36.78%)
  11/07/1972 NY District 9 Won 93.41% (+86.82%)
  06/20/1972 NY District 9 - D Primary Won 55.66% (+11.31%)
  11/03/1970 NY District 9 Won 91.89% (+83.77%)
  11/05/1968 NY District 9 Won 49.66% (+6.99%)
  11/08/1966 NY District 9 Won 53.52% (+13.51%)
  11/03/1964 NY District 9 Won 65.86% (+36.59%)
  11/06/1962 NY District 9 Won 58.75% (+23.68%)
  11/08/1960 NY District 7 Won 60.68% (+21.37%)
  11/04/1958 NY District 7 Won 61.14% (+22.28%)
  11/06/1956 NY District 7 Won 50.03% (+0.07%)
  11/02/1954 NY District 7 Won 58.96% (+17.93%)
  11/04/1952 NY District 7 Won 51.03% (+3.74%)
  11/06/1951 Queens Borough President Special Lost 37.50% (-3.26%)
  11/07/1950 NY District 6 Won 56.80% (+17.88%)
  11/02/1948 NY District 6 Won 57.21% (+20.42%)
  11/05/1946 NY District 6 Lost 46.15% (-7.70%)
  11/07/1944 NY District 6 Won 55.24% (+10.48%)
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NY US Senate - Nov 03, 1970 R James L. Buckley
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