James Vincent Ganly | |
Assembly: | New York State |
Constituency Am: | New York County, 10th District |
Term Start: | 1907 |
Term End: | 1907 |
Predecessor: | Samuel Hoffman |
Successor: | Anthony M. McCabe |
State2: | New York |
District2: | 24th |
Term Start2: | March 4, 1919 |
Term End2: | March 3, 1921 |
Predecessor2: | Benjamin L. Fairchild |
Successor2: | Benjamin L. Fairchild |
State3: | New York |
Term Start3: | March 4, 1923 |
Term End3: | September 7, 1923 |
Predecessor3: | Benjamin L. Fairchild |
Successor3: | Benjamin L. Fairchild |
Birth Date: | 13 September 1878 |
Birth Place: | Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. |
Death Cause: | Automobile accident |
Resting Place: | St. Raymond's Cemetery, The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
James Vincent Ganly (September 13, 1878 – September 7, 1923) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Manhattan, New York City, Ganly attended the public schools and Packard Business College. He engaged in the oil, real estate, and automobile businesses.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co., 24th D.) in 1907. He was the first county clerk of Bronx County 1914–1918. Ganly was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-sixth Congress, defeating Benjamin L. Fairchild and serving from (March 4, 1919 - March 3, 1921). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress, losing to Fairchild.[1]
Ganly was elected to the Sixty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1923, until his death in an automobile accident in New York City on September 7, 1923, before the convening of Congress. He was interred in St. Raymond's Cemetery, The Bronx, New York. He was again succeeded in Congress by Fairchild.[1]