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  McKeon, John
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NameJohn McKeon
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New York, New York , United States
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Born March 29, 1808
DiedNovember 22, 1883 (75 years)
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InfoMcKEON, John, a Representative from New York; born in Albany, N.Y., March 29, 1808; attended private schools and was graduated from the law department of Columbia College (later Columbia University), New York City, in 1828; was admitted to the bar the same year and practiced in New York City; a member of the State assembly 1832-1834; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1837); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress; district attorney for New York County 1846-1850; appointed by President Pierce as United States district attorney for the southern district of New York and served from July 10, 1854, to January 7, 1858; again district attorney for New York County from November 1881 until his death in New York City November 22, 1883; interment in family vault under St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Mott Street.


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  11/08/1842 NY District 6 Lost 49.12% (-1.77%)
  11/04/1840 NY District 3 Won 12.72% (-0.15%)
  11/07/1838 NY District 3 Lost 12.14% (-0.83%)
  11/09/1836 NY District 3 Lost 11.87% (-1.18%)
  11/05/1834 NY District 3 Won 13.26% (-0.08%)
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  11/04/1835 NY District 3 - Special Election Won 0.00% (-39.37%)
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