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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkPeter Paul MAHONEY
(1848-1889)
MAHONEY, Peter Paul, a
Representative from New York; born in New York City June 25, 1848;
educated in the common schools of New York City; engaged in the
dry-goods business for several years; moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., and
engaged in the sale of liquor; elected as a Democrat to the
Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889);
was not a candidate in 1888 for reelection to the Fifty-first
Congress; became ill while attending the inauguration ceremonies of
President Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1889, and died in Washington,
D.C., March 27, 1889; interment in Calvary Cemetery, Long Island
City, Queens County, N.Y.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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