Henry Bruckner Explained

Henry Bruckner
Office:5th Borough President of the Bronx
Term Start:January 1, 1918
Term End:December 31, 1933
Predecessor:Douglas Mathewson
Successor:James J. Lyons
State2:New York
District2:22nd
Term Start2:March 4, 1913
Term End2:December 31, 1917
Predecessor2:William H. Draper
Successor2:Anthony J. Griffin
State Assembly3:New York
District3:New York County, 35th
Term Start3:January 1, 1901
Term End3:December 31, 1901
Preceded3:William E. Morris
Succeeded3:Franklin Grady
Birth Date:17 June 1871
Birth Place:Bronx, New York
Death Place:Bronx, New York
Nationality:American
Party:Democratic

Henry Bruckner (June 17, 1871 – April 14, 1942) was an American politician from New York who served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1913 to 1917.

Life

Born in New York City, he attended the common and high schools in New York and became engaged in the manufacture of mineral waters in 1892. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co., 35th D.) in 1901. He was commissioner of public works for the borough of the Bronx from 1902 to 1905.

Bruckner was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-fifth Congresses and held office from March 4, 1913, until December 31, 1917, when he resigned; while in the House he was chairman of the Committee on Railways and Canals (Sixty-fifth Congress). He resumed his former business pursuits in New York City and was also interested in banking; from 1918 to 1934 he was Bronx Borough president. He died in the Bronx in 1942. He is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.

One of the Bronx's main freeways, the Bruckner Expressway, is named in his honor.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Staff. "Henry Bruckner, Lawyer, Son of Bronx President", The New York Times, August 3, 1970. Accessed August 7, 2009.