| LC control no. | no2009159463 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kearney, Bernard W. (Bernard William), 1889-1976 |
| Variant(s) | Kearney, Pat, 1889-1976 |
| Birth date | 18890523 |
| Death date | 19760603 |
| Place of birth | Ithaca (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Venice (Fla.) |
| Affiliation | New York (State). National Guard New York (State). National Guard United States. Congress. House |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Legislators--United States |
| Found in | Our land be bright. Program no. 4, Little red school house [SR] 1948: spoken on recording (Bernard W. "Pat" Kearney) Ancestry.com WWW site, Oct. 6, 2009: Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, 1774-2005 (Bernard William "Pat" Kearney; b. May 23, 1889, Ithaca, N.Y.; d. June 3, 1976, Venice, Fla.; representative) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, September 13, 2013 (Kearney, Bernard William (Pat), (1889-1976); 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) |
| Associated language | eng |
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