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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkFrancis Dugan CULKIN
(1874-1943)
CULKIN, Francis Dugan, a
Representative from New York; born in Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y.,
November 10, 1874; attended the public schools in Oswego and St.
Andrew’s College and the University of Rochester in
Rochester, N.Y.; newspaper reporter in Rochester, N.Y., 1894-1902;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1902 and commenced practice
in Oswego, N.Y.; served as a private, Company D, Third New York
Volunteers, in the Spanish-American War; captain in the New York
National Guard 1901-1908; city attorney of Oswego, 1906-1910;
district attorney of Oswego County, 1911-1921; judge of Oswego
County, 1921-1928; member of the Thomas Jefferson Bicentennial
Commission and the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission; elected as
a Republican to the Seventieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Thaddeus C. Sweet; reelected to the Seventy-first
and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from November 6,
1928, until his death in Oswego, N.Y., on August 4, 1943; interment
in St. Paul’s Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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