John Michael Clancy

John M. Clancy
John M. Clancy
Member of the; U.S. House of Representatives; from New York
	In office; March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895
Preceded by	Peter P. Mahoney
Succeeded by	Denis M. Hurley
Constituency	4th district (1889–93); 2nd district (1893–95)
Member of the; New York State Assembly
	In office; 1878–1881
Constituency	1st Kings (1878–79); 4th Kings (1880–81)
Personal details
Born	May 7, 1837; County Laois, Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died	July 25, 1903 (aged 66); Butte, Montana
Political party	Democratic
Occupation	real estate

John Michael Clancy (May 7, 1837 – July 25, 1903) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in County Laois, Ireland, he immigrated with his parents to the United States and settled in New York City. He attended the public schools of Brooklyn, engaged in the real-estate business, served as an alderman of the city of Brooklyn from 1868 to 1875, and was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1878, 1879 (both Kings Co., 1st D.), 1880 and 1881 (both Kings Co., 4th D.).

Clancy was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895); he was not a candidate for renomination in 1894 and resumed the real-estate business in New York City. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress and died in Butte, Montana while returning from a visit to Yellowstone Park. Interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery, New York City.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

United States Congress. "John Michael Clancy (id: C000410)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

John Michael Clancy at Find a Grave

New York State Assembly
Preceded by Daniel Bradley	New York State Assembly Kings County, 1st District 1878–1879	Succeeded by John Shanley
Preceded by Charles T. Trowbridge	New York State Assembly Kings County, 4th District 1880–1881	Succeeded by Daniel M. Kelly
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Peter P. Mahoney	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 4th congressional district 1889–1893	Succeeded by William J. Coombs
Preceded by Alfred C. Chapin	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 2nd congressional district 1893–1895	Succeeded by Denis M. Hurley

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