Thomas Joseph Scully | |
State: | New Jersey |
District: | 3rd |
Term: | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1921 |
Preceded: | Benjamin F. Howell |
Succeeded: | T. Frank Appleby |
Birth Date: | 19 September 1868 |
Birth Place: | South Amboy, New Jersey, U.S. |
Death Place: | South Amboy, New Jersey, U.S. |
Profession: | Towing and transportation |
Signature: | Signature of Thomas Joseph Scully (1868–1921).png |
Party: | Democratic |
Thomas Joseph Scully (September 19, 1868 – December 14, 1921) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district for five terms from 1911 to 1921.[1]
Scully was born in South Amboy, New Jersey, on September 19, 1868.[1] [2] He attended the public schools, and Seton Hall College in South Orange, New Jersey. He engaged in the marine towing and transportation business. Scully was a member of the board of education from 1893 to 1895 and served as the Mayor of South Amboy, New Jersey in 1909 and 1910. He was elected as a Democrat to the 62nd United States Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1911 to March 4, 1921.
He was a delegate to the 1912 Democratic National Convention. After he left Congress, he served again mayor of South Amboy, from 1921 until his death in that city on December 14, 1921.[2] He was interred in St. Mary's Cemetery, South Amboy, New Jersey.