Frank T. Fitzgerald Explained

Frank T. Fitzgerald
State:New York
Term Start:March 4, 1889
Term End:November 4, 1889
Successor:Charles H. Turner
Birth Name:Frank Thomas Fitzgerald
Birth Date:4 May 1857
Birth Place:New York City, New York
Death Place:New York City, New York
Party:Democratic

Frank Thomas Fitzgerald (May 4, 1857 – November 25, 1907) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New York for eight months in 1889.

Biography

Born in New York City, Fitzgerald was graduated from the College of St. Francis Xavier, New York City, from St. Mary's College, Niagara Falls, New York, in 1876, and from the Columbia Law School, New York City, in 1878.He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in New York City in 1879.

Political career

Fitzgerald was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first Congress.He served from March 4, 1889, until November 4, 1889, when he resigned, having been elected register of New York County and held that office until 1892. He was replaced in the House by Charles H. Turner.

He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1893.

Later career and death

Fitzgerald was elected surrogate of New York County in 1892 for a term of fourteen years.He was reelected in 1906 and served in this capacity until his death in New York City November 25, 1907.

He was interred Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, New York.