Everything about John Kelly U S Politician totally explained
John Kelly (
1822 –
1886) of
New York City was
U.S. Representative from
New York from
1855 to
1858.
Kelly was born in New York City to Hugh Kelly and Sarah Donnelly Kelly. He was a
Democrat and a leader of
Tammany Hall. He received a public school education, was apprenticed to the mason's trade, and engaged in business for himself at the age of twenty-four. He married Ann McIlhargy, to whom a son and two daughters were born. In 1854 he was elected an alderman, and from this time until his death he was active as a Democratic politician. In 1855 and 1857 he was elected to Congress, serving as the only Catholic at that period of Know-Nothing ascendency. During his last term was elected Sheriff of the County of New York. By 1872 his wife and children had died; he subsequently married Ann Theresa Mullen, the niece of New York's Cardinal McCloskey; a son and a daughter were born of that marriage. In 1876 he succeeded Andrew H. Green, by appointment, as comptroller. In 1871 he aided
Charles O'Conor,
Samuel J. Tilden, and their associates in the struggle against the Tweed ring. Known as "Honest John" Kelly, he was the leader of
Tammany Hall. In 1879, he
ran on a Tammany Hall ticket for
Governor of New York. The splitting of the Democratic vote between the incumbent
Lucius Robinson and Kelly led to the election of
Republican Alonzo B. Cornell who won by a plurality but garnered fewer votes than Robinson and Kelly together.
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