Thomas F. Burchill
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Thomas Francis Burchill (August 3, 1882 – March 26, 1955) was a United States Representative from New York
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there and Niagara University
, from which he received an A.B. He was an auctioneer, appraiser, and was also interested in the insurance business in New York City after 1900. Burchill was a member of the New York State Assembly
from 1919 to 1924, and served in the State Senate
from 1924 to 1938. He was appointed a member of the New York World's Fair
Commission in 1938. He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Congress, holding office from January 3, 1943 to January 3, 1945 and was not a candidate for renomination in 1944. He resumed his former business pursuits in New York City and was a consultant and alien property custodian
. He died in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York in 1955; interment was in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Valhalla
. He died on March 26, 1955 and his widow, Margaret McMahon, died in 1968.
United States Congressional Delegations from New York
These are tables of congressional delegations from New York to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.Over the years, New York has demographically changed so that it is hard to consider each district to be a continuation of the same numbered district before...
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Biography
Born in New York City, he attended St. Francis Xavier High SchoolXavier High School (New York City)
Xavier High School is a independent Jesuit university-preparatory high school for young men located at 30 West 16th Street, in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was founded in 1847, as the College of St. Francis Xavier by Father John Larkin, S.J...
there and Niagara University
Niagara University
Niagara University is a Catholic university in the Vincentian tradition, located in the Town of Lewiston in Niagara County, New York. Originally founded by the Congregation of the Mission in 1856 as Our Lady of Angels Seminary, it became Niagara University in 1883. The University is still run by...
, from which he received an A.B. He was an auctioneer, appraiser, and was also interested in the insurance business in New York City after 1900. Burchill was a member of the New York State Assembly
New York State Assembly
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature. The Assembly is composed of 150 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 128,652...
from 1919 to 1924, and served in the State Senate
New York State Senate
The New York State Senate is one of two houses in the New York State Legislature and has members each elected to two-year terms. There are no limits on the number of terms one may serve...
from 1924 to 1938. He was appointed a member of the New York World's Fair
1939 New York World's Fair
The 1939–40 New York World's Fair, which covered the of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park , was the second largest American world's fair of all time, exceeded only by St. Louis's Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. Many countries around the world participated in it, and over 44 million people...
Commission in 1938. He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Congress, holding office from January 3, 1943 to January 3, 1945 and was not a candidate for renomination in 1944. He resumed his former business pursuits in New York City and was a consultant and alien property custodian
Alien Property Custodian
An Alien Property Custodian was an office within the Government of the United States during World War I and again during World War II, serving as a Custodian of Enemy Property to property that belonged to US enemies.-World War I:...
. He died in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York in 1955; interment was in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Valhalla
Valhalla, New York
Valhalla is an unincorporated hamlet and census-designated place that is located within the town of Mount Pleasant, New York, in Westchester County. Its population was 3,162 at the 2010 U.S. Census...
. He died on March 26, 1955 and his widow, Margaret McMahon, died in 1968.