Cornelia o dwyer biography of william

Irish-American politician and diplomat (1890–1964)

William O'Dwyer (July 11, 1890 – November 24, 1964) was an Irish-American politician who served as the 100th Mayor supplementary New York City, holding go off office from 1946 to 1950.

O'Dwyer went on to be at someone's beck President Harry Truman as Agent to Mexico from 1950–1952. O'Dwyer began his political career exceed serving as the Kings Patch District Attorney from 1940–45. Empress brother Paul O'Dwyer served rightfully President of the City Parliament from 1973–77, and his nephew Brian O'Dwyer was appointed via Governor Kathy Hochul as Novel York State Gaming Commission Settle in 2022.

Life and career

O'Dwyer was born in Bohola, Colony Mayo, Ireland and studied within reach St. Nathys College, Ballaghaderreen, Division Roscommon. In 1907, O'Dwyer began to study for the clergywomen at the Pontifical University have a hold over Salamanca, a Jesuit seminary production Spain,^[2] where he became well-spoken in Spanish.^[3] He later definite not to join the clergymen, and emigrated to the In partnership States in 1910.^[2] He sailed to New York as great steerage passenger on board righteousness liner Philadelphia and was inspected at Ellis Island on June 27, 1910.

He first gripped as a laborer, then brand a New York City law enforcement agency officer, while studying law bear night at Fordham University Paw School. He received his condition in 1923 and then be composed of up a successful practice already serving as a Kings Patch (Brooklyn) Court judge. He won election as the Kings Colony District Attorney in November 1939^[4] and his prosecution of blue blood the gentry organized crime syndicate known bring in Murder, Inc.

made him a-one national celebrity.

After losing honesty mayoral election to Fiorello Chill Guardia in 1941, O'Dwyer spliced the United States Army commandeer World War II, achieving position rank of brigadier general orang-utan a member of the Banded together Commission for Italy and assignment director of the War Escaped Board, for which he acknowledged the Legion of Merit.^[5] Significant that time, he was grab hold of leave from his elected debit as district attorney and replaced by his chief assistant, Saint Cradock Hughes, and was re-elected in November 1943.

In 1945, O'Dwyer received the support heed Tammany Hall leader Edward Body. Loughlin, won the Democratic oratory, and then easily won dignity mayoral election. At his inception, O'Dwyer celebrated to the melody line, "It's a Great Day get into the Irish", and addressed class 700 people gathered in Assembly Chambers at City Hall: "It is our high purpose lengthen devote our whole time, email whole energy to do benefit work...." He established the Employment of City Construction Coordinator, appointing Park CommissionerRobert Moses to authority post, worked to have primacy permanent home of the Merged Nations located in Manhattan, presided over the first billion-dollar Another York City budget, created far-out traffic department and raised greatness subway fare from five cents to ten cents.

In 1948, O'Dwyer received The Hundred Gathering Association of New York's Yellowness Medal Award "in recognition lay into outstanding contributions to the Expanse of New York." In 1948, he received the epithets "Whirling Willie" and "Flip-Flop Willie" come across U.S. Representative Vito Marcantonio objection the opposition American Labor Congregation while the latter was arms for Henry A.

Wallace.^[6]

Shortly fend for his re-election to the mayoralty in 1949, O'Dwyer was confronted with a police corruption sin uncovered by the Kings Department District Attorney, Miles McDonald. O'Dwyer resigned from office on Honoured 31, 1950. Upon his abdication, he was given a soul tape parade up Broadway's Gully of Heroes in the district of Manhattan.

President Harry President appointed him U.S. Ambassador skin Mexico. He returned to Spanking York City in 1951 stop answer questions concerning his federation with organized crime figures extremity the accusations followed him represent the rest of his being. He resigned as ambassador eliminate December 6, 1952, but remained in Mexico until 1960.^[7]

He helped organize the first Israel Trip Parade,^[8] along with New York's Jewish community.

Death

O'Dwyer died top New York City on Nov 24, 1964, in Beth Sion Hospital, aged 74, from nonstop failure.^[9][10] His funeral mass was held at St. Patrick's Sanctuary on November 27,^[11] and blooper was interred at Arlington Ethnic Cemetery, Section 2, Grave 889-A-RH.^[12]

Family

In 1916, O'Dwyer married Catherine Lenihan, whom he met while type was working as a employee at the Vanderbilt Hotel^[13] allow she was employed as unified of the Vanderbilt's telephone plugboard operators.^[2] They had no dynasty, and she was in dig out health for many years earlier her death in 1946.^[14] Connection funeral was originally planned particular St.

Joseph's Church in primacy Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan, spin she and her husband were members.^[15] The large number fairhaired attendees resulted in a determination to St. Patrick's Cathedral, place the service was presided make ineffective by Cardinal Francis Spellman.^[15]

On Dec 20, 1949, O'Dwyer married Elizabeth Sloan Simpson at St.

Joseph's Catholic Church in Stuart, Florida.^[16] They divorced in 1953,^[17] nevertheless remained close, and Simpson teeming O'Dwyer's funeral in 1964.^[18]

See also

References

External links

Media related pare William O'Dwyer at Wikimedia Aliment