John J. Fitzgerald

For the turf racing writer and popularizer of "Big Apple" as a nickname for New York City, see John J. Fitz Gerald.

John J. Fitzgerald in 1913.

John Joseph Fitzgerald (March 10, 1872 – May 13, 1952) was a United States Representative from New York.

Life and politics

Born in Brooklyn, he attended the public schools, La Salle Military Academy (formerly Sacred Heart Academy), and graduated from Manhattan College in 1891. He studied law in the New York Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in New York City. From 1900 to 1928 he was a delegate to each Democratic National Convention. Fitzgerald was also a trustee of Manhattan College.

Fitzgerald was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-Sixth and to the nine succeeding Congresses and held office from March 4, 1899 to December 31, 1917, when he resigned to resume the practice of law. In the Sixty-Second through Sixty-Fifth Congresses he was chairman of the Committee on Appropriations. In March 1932 he was appointed county judge of Kings County; he was elected in November 1932 and served until his retirement on December 31, 1942. He resumed the private practice of law and in 1952 died in Brooklyn; interment was in St. John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens.

References

• John J. Fitzgerald at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Denis M. Hurley	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 2nd congressional district 1899–1903	Succeeded by George H. Lindsay
Preceded by Montague Lessler	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 7th congressional district 1903–1917	Succeeded by John J. Delaney