John J. Rooney

A Representative from New York. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y. , November 29, 1903. Attended the parochial schools and St. Francis Preparatory School and College. The law department of Fordham University, New York, N. Y. , LL. B. , 1925. Was admitted to the bar in 1926 and commenced practice in Brooklyn, N. Y. Served as assistant district attorney in Brooklyn 1940-1944. Elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Congress, by special election June 6, 1944, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas H. Cullen. Reelected to the fifteen succeeding Congresses and served from June 6, 1944, until his resignation on December 31, 1974. Was not a candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress. Resided in Washington, D. C. , until his death there on October 26, 1975. Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y.