| 词条 | Thomas J. Manton |
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| name = Thomas J. Manton | image name = ThomasManton.jpg | birth_date = November 3, 1932 | birth_place = New York City, New York | death_date = {{death date and age|2006|7|22|1932|11|3}} | death_place = Bronx, New York City, New York | state = New York | district = 7th | term_start = January 3, 1993 | term_end = January 3, 1999 | preceded = Gary Ackerman | succeeded = Joseph Crowley | state2 = New York | district2 = 9th | term_start2 = January 3, 1985 | term_end2 = January 3, 1993 | preceded2 = Geraldine Ferraro | succeeded2 = Charles E. Schumer | party = Democrat | spouse = | children = | religion = }} Thomas J. Manton (November 3, 1932 – July 22, 2006) was a Democratic congressman. He represented the 9th and 7th Congressional District of New York. Life and careerThomas J. Manton was born in New York City, and was of Irish descent. He attended private Catholic schools, before entering St. John's University, from which he earned his LL.B. degree. Manton served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. Prior to entering politics, Manton held several jobs. He was a New York City Police Officer from 1955 to 1960, and he then became a marketing executive for IBM. In 1964, Manton began to practice law privately. He joined the law firm of Manton, Sweeney, Gallo, Reich & Bolz in 1999; and practiced law under that name until his retirement. He was elected to the New York City Council in 1970, and served until 1984. Manton ran in the Democratic primary for what was then the 9th District in northern Queens in 1978, following the retirement of 30-year incumbent James J. Delaney. However, he lost to assistant Queens County district attorney Geraldine Ferraro. Manton had also run against Delaney in 1972 and lost.[1] When Ferarro gave up her seat to join Walter Mondale's presidential ticket, Manton jumped into the Democratic primary for the seat. In a hotly contested primary, he defeated Clifford Wilson, Walter Crowley and Gloria D'Amico before narrowly defeating Republican Serphin Maltese in the General Election. He was reelected six more times from this district without serious difficulty. Manton was elected Chairman of the Democratic Organization of Queens County in 1986, succeeding John Sabini who had served as the interim Chairman following the suicide of Donald Manes. Manton quietly retired from the Congress in 1998, having already filed for and circulated petitions for re-election. He withdrew on the last day it was legally possible to do so and arranged for his chosen successor, State Assemblyman Joseph Crowley, to replace him on the ballot. Crowley wasn't aware of this until Manton phoned him to tell him his name would be on the general election ballot. Crowley won the election and held the seat until losing in the 2018 Democratic primary to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.[2] Manton continued to serve as the Party Chairman to the date of his death (Crowley then held that post until 2019). Tom Manton was the first major party chairman in the nation to endorse Bill Clinton for President in 1992. As the Co-chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on Irish Affairs in the United States Congress he was instrumental in obtaining a visa for Gerry Adams to travel to the United States.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}As a member of Congress Mr. Manton served as a member of the House Energy Committee and was a subcommittee chairman of the House Government Operations Committee that supervised the Capitol Police. His last vote in the House was to vote against the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. He lived in the Queens neighborhoods of Woodside, later moving to Sunnyside, and finally to Astoria. Thomas Manton died on July 22, 2006, following a battle with prostate cancer.[3] The Thomas J. Manton Post Office in Woodside, New York was named in his honor after his death. Also a 20 block stretch of Queens Boulevard in Queens, New York City was renamed Thomas J. Manton Boulevard.[4] See also{{Portal|Biography|United States Marine Corps}}References
1. ^{{cite book |last1=Barone |first1=Michael |author-link1=Michael Barone (pundit) |last2=Ujifusa |first2=Grant |title=The Almanac of American Politics 1988|publisher=National Journal |year=1987 |page=813}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nysun.com/new-york/many-foes-may-struggle-to-replace-rangel/37323/| title=Many Foes May Struggle To Replace Rangel |publisher=The New York Sun |date=August 4, 2006 |accessdate=November 11, 2014}} 3. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/24/nyregion/24manton.html Thomas J. Manton, 73, Influential Queens Democrat, Dies] 4. ^Stretch Of Queens Boulevard Renamed For Manton External links{{CongBio|M000117}}
state=New York | district=9 | district_ord=9th | before=Geraldine Ferraro| after=Charles E. Schumer| years=1985–1993 }}{{USRepSuccessionBox | state=New York | district=7 | district_ord=7th | before=Gary L. Ackerman| after=Joseph Crowley| years=1993–1999 }}{{s-ppo}}{{succession box| before=John Sabini| title=Chairman of the Queens County Democratic Organization| years=1986–2006| after=Joseph Crowley| }}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Manton, Thomas J.}} 15 : 1932 births|2006 deaths|St. John's University (New York City) alumni|Deaths from prostate cancer|New York (state) Democrats|United States Marines|IBM employees|New York City Police Department officers|New York City Council members|Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)|2000 United States presidential electors|2004 United States presidential electors|Deaths from cancer in New York (state)|Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives|20th-century American politicians |
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