Daniel V. Sullivan | |
Birth Date: | 14 February 1886 |
Birth Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | Saranac Lake, New York, U.S. |
Restingplace: | Gate of Heaven Cemetery |
Office: | Bronx County District Attorney |
Predecessor: | George B. DeLuca |
Successor: | Isidore Dollinger |
Term Start: | January 1, 1955 |
Term End: | December 31, 1959 |
Party: | Democratic |
Education: | New York Law School (LLB) |
Spouse: | Marie Antoinette Clermont Sullivan |
Daniel V. Sullivan (February 14, 1886January 8, 1966) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as the Bronx County district attorney from 1955 to 1959.[1]
Sullivan was born in New York City on February 14, 1886,[2] and graduated from New York Law School in 1910.[3]
After graduating from law school, Sullivan established his own private practice and in 1935, became secretary to New York Supreme Court Justice John E. McGeehan. Later that year he was named to fill a vacancy on the New York Municipal Court. Four years later, he was designated by the Appellate Division to sit on the New York State Supreme Court, and in 1955 he was appointed by Governor Averell Harriman as the Bronx County district attorney.[4] In the November 1955 election, Sullivan won a four-year term as district attorney,[5] and served the entire term. In addition to the assortment of usual crimes, as prosecutor Sullivan most notably fought against juvenile delinquency[6] and a racket that relabeled used television tubes and sold them as new.[7] [8] [9]
After his retirement in 1960, Sullivan became a director for an insurance company and a legal consultant.
Sullivan died in Saranac Lake in Upstate New York. He is buried at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.[10]