John E. Mullally Explained

John E. Mullally
State Assembly:California
District:30th
Term Start:January 2, 1911
Term End:January 15, 1912
Preceded:George J. Black
Succeeded:Edward J. D. Nolan
Birth Date:22 October 1874
Birth Place:San Francisco, California, U.S.
Party:Republican

John E. Mullally (October 22, 1874 – January 15, 1912) was an assassinated American politician and saloon owner.[1] He was elected to the California State Assembly from the 30th District in San Francisco, serving from 1911 until the time of his death in 1912.[2]

Biography

Mullally was born in San Francisco[3] the first son and third child of John Mullally and Ellen Lannen Mullally.[4] He attended public schools and St. Joseph College.

He was a Republican. He was listed by the Asiatic Exclusion League as being supportive of their cause.[5]

His life was cut short on January 15, 1912, when three people disguised as soldiers from the Presidio, who had been conducting a string of robberies, chose the saloon he owned at 116 Eighth Street as their next target. Mullally attempted to resist and each of the three shot him. His bartender exchanged gunfire with the three, who fled with $87. Mullally's wife, May, and brother James, a fireman at a neighboring station, stayed with him until an ambulance took him to a nearby hospital, where he died while anesthesia was being administered.

He was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, California.[2]

In Fiction

Mullally is a major character in a time travel/alternate history story, "Timely Misadventure", appearing in the book Altered Times surviving the attack and later elected President.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Legislature . California . November 19, 1911 . List of Members, Officers, Committees, and Attaches, and the Rules of the Two Houses of the California Legislature for the Year ... . Superintendent State Print. . Google Books.
  2. Web site: Index to Politicians: Moza to Mulleague . 2022-10-23 . The Political Graveyard.
  3. Web site: State . California Secretary of . November 19, 1913 . California Blue Book, Or State Roster . State Printing Office . Google Books.
  4. [San Francisco Call]
  5. Web site: League . Asiatic Exclusion . November 19, 1908 . Proceedings of the Asiatic Exclusion League . Google Books.