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  Rooney, John J.
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AffiliationDemocratic   
NameJohn J. Rooney
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Brooklyn, New York , United States
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Born November 29, 1903
Died October 26, 1975 (71 years)
Contributoreddy 9_99
Last ModifedRBH
Oct 12, 2022 05:35pm
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Infoborn in Brooklyn, N.Y., November 29, 1903; attended the parochial schools and St. Francis Preparatory School and College; the law department of Fordham University, New York, N.Y., LL.B., 1925; was admitted to the bar in 1926 and commenced practice in Brooklyn, N.Y.; served as assistant district attorney in Brooklyn 1940-1944; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Congress, by special election June 6, 1944, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas H. Cullen; reelected to the fifteen succeeding Congresses and served from June 6, 1944, until his resignation on December 31, 1974; was not a candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; resided in Washington, D.C., until his death there on October 26, 1975; interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.



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  11/07/1972 NY District 14 Won 53.89% (+25.79%)
  09/19/1972 NY District 14 - D Primary Re-Vote Won 53.22% (+8.10%)
  06/20/1972 NY District 14 - D Primary Won 48.63% (+3.63%)
  11/03/1970 NY District 14 Won 55.16% (+28.58%)
  06/23/1970 NY District 14 - D Primary Won 50.48% (+6.69%)
  11/05/1968 NY District 14 Won 63.89% (+36.01%)
  06/18/1968 NY District 14 - D Primary Won 47.01% (+6.22%)
  11/08/1966 NY District 14 Won 76.19% (+52.38%)
  11/03/1964 NY District 14 Won 77.44% (+54.87%)
  11/06/1962 NY District 14 Won 70.90% (+41.80%)
  09/06/1962 NY District 14 - D Primary Won 81.69% (+70.11%)
  11/08/1960 NY District 14 Won 70.57% (+41.14%)
  11/04/1958 NY District 14 Won 70.57% (+41.13%)
  11/06/1956 NY District 14 Won 64.19% (+28.39%)
  11/02/1954 NY District 14 Won 73.13% (+47.60%)
  11/04/1952 NY District 14 Won 64.23% (+30.98%)
  11/07/1950 NY District 12 Won 61.60% (+28.48%)
  11/02/1948 NY District 12 Won 60.43% (+28.51%)
  11/05/1946 NY District 12 Won 53.96% (+7.93%)
  11/07/1944 NY District 12 Won 55.03% (+10.07%)
  06/06/1944 NY District 4 Special Won 71.67% (+43.35%)
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