Edward Flynn | |
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Chair of the Democratic National Committee | |
In office August 17, 1940 – January 18, 1943 | |
Preceded by | James Farley |
Succeeded by | Frank C. Walker |
Secretary of State of New York | |
In office January 1, 1929 – January 17, 1939 | |
Governor | Franklin D. Roosevelt Herbert H. Lehman |
Preceded by | Robert Moses |
Succeeded by | Michael F. Walsh |
Fourth Sheriff of Bronx County, New York | |
In office 1922–1925 | |
Preceded by | Thomas H. O'Neill |
Succeeded by | Lester W. Patterson |
Personal details | |
Born | Edward Joseph Flynn September 22, 1891 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | August 18, 1953 Dublin, Ireland | (aged 61)
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Fordham University (LLB) |
Edward Joseph Flynn (September 22, 1891 – August 18, 1953) was an American lawyer and politician. Flynn was a leading Democratic politician of the mid-twentieth-century, known for his tight control of the Bronx Democratic Party organization after 1922, and his close association with Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman.
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