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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkBernard William (Pat) KEARNEY
(1889-1976)
KEARNEY, Bernard William
(Pat), a Representative from New York; born in Ithaca, N.Y.,
May 23, 1889; attended the public schools; was graduated from
Schenectady (N.Y.) High School and from Union University Albany Law
School in 1914; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced
practice in Albany, N.Y.; member of the New York National Guard
1909-1917, serving on the Mexican border in 1916 and 1917; served
overseas in the First World War in various outfits; returned to the
United States in 1919; continued active in the New York National
Guard, retiring in 1940, with rank of major general; decorated with
the French Legion of Honor, the Croix de Guerre, and the Philippine
Legion of Honor (officer); city judge of Gloversville, N.Y.,
1920-1924; assistant district attorney of Hamilton County, N.Y.,
1924-1929, and of Fulton County, N.Y., 1929-1931; district attorney
of Fulton County, N.Y., 1931-1942; elected as a Republican to the
Seventy-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1943-January 3, 1959); was not a candidate for renomination in 1958
to the Eighty-sixth Congress; resumed the practice of law; resided
in Canandaigua, N.Y.; died in Venice, Fla., June 3, 1976; interment
in Arlington National Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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