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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkBARRY, William Bernard
(1902—1946)
BARRY, William Bernard, a Representative from New York; born in County Mayo, Ireland, July 21, 1902; immigrated to the United States in 1907 with his parents, who settled in Queens County, N.Y.; attended the public schools; was graduated from New York University at New York City in 1925 and from its law school in 1929; was admitted to the bar in 1929 and commenced practice in New York City; assistant district attorney of Queens County, N.Y., in 1932 and 1933; special United States attorney for the Department of Justice 1933-1935; member of the Democratic executive committee of Queens County 1930-1935; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William F. Brunner; reelected to the Seventy-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from November 5, 1935, until his death; had been renominated to the Eightieth Congress; died in New York City, on October 20, 1946; interment in Mount St. Mary’s Cemetery, Flushing, N.Y.
United States. 80th Cong., 1st sess., 1947. House. Memorial services held in the House of Representatives of the United States, together with remarks presented in eulogy of William Bernard Barry, late a Representative from New York
. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1949.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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