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Walter A. Lynch

American politician

Summary

American politician

Field	Value
name	Walter Lynch
image	Walter A. Lynch.jpg
state	New York
constituency	(1940–1945)
(1945–1951)
term_start	February 20, 1940
term_end	January 3, 1951
predecessor	Edward W. Curley
successor	Sidney A. Fine
birth_date
birth_place	New York City, U.S.
death_date
death_place	New York City, U.S.
alma_mater	Fordham University (BA, LLB)
resting_place	Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Hawthorne, New York, U.S.

(1945–1951) Hawthorne, New York, U.S. Walter Aloysius Lynch (July 7, 1894 – September 10, 1957) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. From 1940 to 1951, he served six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat.

Early life

Lynch attended Fordham Preparatory School and subsequently graduated from Fordham University in 1915, followed by Fordham Law School in 1918, afterwards practicing law in New York City.

Career

Lynch served as a temporary New York City magistrate in 1930. He was a delegate to New York's state constitutional convention in 1938.

Congressman

He was first elected to the 76th United States Congress in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward W. Curley, and was re-elected to the 77th, 78th, 79th, 80th, and 81st U.S. Congresses, in total serving from February 20, 1940, to January 3, 1951.

Lynch was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1944 and 1948.

Candidate for governor

In 1950, Lynch was the Democratic nominee for governor of New York, but was defeated in a landslide by incumbent Thomas E. Dewey.

Later career

In 1952, Lynch served as chairman of the New York State Democratic Committee. Lynch was elected to the New York Supreme Court in 1954, and served from January 1955 until his death.

Family

Lynch married Claire Rosemary Mitchell (1895–1985) in 1920. They were the parents of sons Walter A. Lynch Jr. (1921–2017) and John Joseph Lynch (1928–1995).

Death and burial

Lynch died at his summer home in Belle Harbor, Queens. He was buried at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York.

Sources

Walter A. Lynch at The Political Graveyard

Wikipedia Source

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