| 词条 | Maurice A. FitzGerald |
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| name = Maurice A. FitzGerald | birth_date = {{birth date|1897|01|09}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1951|08|25|1897|01|09}} | death_place = Star Lake, New York, U.S. | image = | alt = | office = Borough President of Queens | term_start = 1950 | term_end = 1951 | predecessor = James A. Burke | successor = Joseph F. Mafera }} Maurice A. FitzGerald (January 9, 1897 – August 25, 1951) was a Democratic politician from Queens, New York City. LifeFitzGerald was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1897. By the age of 14 he began working as a postal clerk.[1] He soon moved to South Ozone Park, Queens and became involved in southern Queens civic organizations by the 1920s.[1] He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Queens Co., 5th D.) in 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1937. He was elected sheriff of Queens County in 1937, then named the Borough Public Works Commissioner in 1942. In 1949, he was elected Borough President of Queens. He did not live to the end of his first term, dying of a heart attack while vacationing in Star Lake, New York in 1951.[2] He is interred at St. John's Cemetery in Middle Village, Queens. Maurice A. FitzGerald Playground in South Ozone Park, and Public School No. 199 (Maurice A. FitzGerald School) in Sunnyside, Queens, commemorate the former borough president. References1. ^1 {{cite web|title=Maurice A. FitzGerald Playground|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/Q337/highlights/199|publisher=New York City Department of Parks and Recreation|accessdate=December 2, 2009}} 2. ^{{cite news|title=FitzGerald Dies; Queens President; Dies at Star Lake|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1951/08/26/archives/fitzgerald-dies-queens-president-dies-at-star-lake.html?sq=maurice%2520fitzgerald&scp=71&st=cse|date=August 26, 1951|newspaper=The New York Times|subscription=yes}}
Queens County, 5th District | after = William F. Dailey | years = 1929–1937}}{{s-off}}{{succession box | before = James A. Burke | title = Borough President of Queens | after = Joseph F. Mafera | years = 1950–1951}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:FitzGerald, Maurice A}} 9 : 1897 births|1951 deaths|Queens borough presidents|American people of Irish descent|Members of the New York State Assembly|New York (state) Democrats|New York (state) sheriffs|20th-century American politicians|People from Ozone Park, Queens |
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