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Hendrick</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hendley-hendrick.html#120.92.94">Peter Aloysius Hendrick</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones9.html#768.62.86">William Jones</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="914.67.95">Corcoran, Clarence J.</a></b> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/PA.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/PA.html">1944</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="833.39.20">Corcoran, Edward</a></b> — of New London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Republican. Acting postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/newlondon.html#3">New London, Conn.</a>, 1933-35. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="015.80.80">Corcoran, Edward C.</a></b> — of Beaver Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BA-lived.html">Beaver County</a>, Pa. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/beaverfalls.html">Mayor of Beaver Falls, Pa.</a>, 1953-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/PA.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="165.98.61">Corcoran, Edward J.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn5.html">Delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> 27th District, 1920. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="199.13.11">Corcoran, Edward T.</a> (c.1894-1937)</b> — of Forest Hills, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y. Born in Mechanicville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SA-born.html">Saratoga County</a>, N.Y., about 1894. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; elected <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn8.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 2nd District 1937, but died before taking office. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/friendly-sons-st-patrick.html">Friendly Sons of St. Patrick</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic-lawyers.html">Catholic Lawyers Guild</a>. Died, in Rockefeller Institute <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/11-25.html">November 25, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">about 43 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Dominic Corcoran; married to Margaret M. McCosker.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="371.26.96">Corcoran, Francis</a></b> — of Roseville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/MI.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="955.16.17">Corcoran, Frederick J.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Albany County 1st District, 1918. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="041.09.14">Corcoran, George F.</a></b> — of York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/YO-lived.html">York County</a>, Neb. District judge in Nebraska 5th District, 1908-24. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="601.98.17">Corcoran, Harriet H.</a></b> — of Georgetown (now part of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>), D.C. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/washington.html#4">Georgetown, D.C.</a>, 1834-40. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="369.77.34">Corcoran, Henry P.</a></b> — of West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-lived.html">Chester County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/PA.html">1948</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="196.57.90">Corcoran, Howard F.</a></b> — of New York. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York</a>, 1943. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="924.53.89">Corcoran, Howard Francis</a> (1906-1989)</b> — Born in Pawtucket, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/01-25.html">January 25, 1906</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia</a>, 1965-77; took senior status 1977. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/05-11.html">May 11, 1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 106 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=510&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/corcoran-howard-francis">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="832.91.54">Corcoran, Howard V.</a></b> — of Wheeling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-lived.html">Ohio County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/WV.html">1960</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/WV.html">1972</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/WV.html">West Virginia Republican state chair</a>, 1962-64; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/WV.html">West Virginia Republican State Executive Committee</a>, 1967. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="021.41.07">Corcoran, Hugh J.</a></b> — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1880-81, 1885-87 (16th District 1880-81, 58th District 1885-87). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="383.21.30">Corcoran, J. D.</a></b> — of Rome, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/rome.html#3">Rome, N.Y.</a>, 1887. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="743.46.75">Corcoran, J. W.</a></b> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/AR.html">1888</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="395.11.59">Corcoran, James</a></b> — of Georgetown (now part of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>), D.C. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/washington.html#4">Georgetown, D.C.</a>, 1830-34. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="773.54.38">Corcoran, James A.</a></b> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 22nd District, 1940-43; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1944-46 (9th District 1944, 10th District 1945-46); defeated, 1946. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/">1905</a> to Mary Genevieve DeLacy.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="577.37.80">Corcoran, James A.</a></b> — of Webster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/BN-lived.html">Burnett County</a>, Wis. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/WI.html">1936</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WI.html">Wisconsin Democratic state chair</a>, 1936-37; candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="088.90.68">Corcoran, James F.</a></b> — of Crystal Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IR-lived.html">Iron County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/MI.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/MI.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/MI.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MI.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1917-19. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="093.43.71">Corcoran, John</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-lived.html">Ohio County</a>, W.Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Ohio County, 1889-92. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="784.46.19">Corcoran, John</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html#2">Denver, Colo.</a>, 1889-93. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="849.50.57">Corcoran, John A.</a></b> — of Michigan. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 24th District, 1948. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="379.83.81">Corcoran, John H.</a> (d. 1945)</b> — of Cambridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/cambridge.html">Mayor of Cambridge, Mass.</a>, 1942-45; died in office 1945; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Massachusetts</a>, 1944. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/12-28.html">December 28, 1945</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="489.13.77">Corcoran, John J.</a></b> — of Jersey City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-lived.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/NJ.html">1924</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="268.38.71">Corcoran, John William</a> (b. 1853)</b> — also known as <b>John W. Corcoran</b> — of Clinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-lived.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass. Born in Batavia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GE-born.html">Genesee County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/06-14.html">June 14, 1853</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/MA.html">1884</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/MA.html">1888</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/MA.html">1892</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/MA.html">1896</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/attygn.html">Massachusetts state attorney general</a>, 1886, 1887; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1892-93. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/04-28.html">April 28, 1881</a>, to Margaret J. McDonald.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="348.66.72">Corcoran, Joyce Jansa</a></b> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Wyoming</a>, 2002. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="650.93.69">Corcoran, Lawrence E.</a></b> — of Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MA.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MA.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="944.13.12">Corcoran, Louis L.</a></b> — of Sibley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/OS-lived.html">Osceola County</a>, Iowa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/IA.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="921.57.74">Corcoran, Marian</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/WG-lived.html">Wagoner County</a>, Okla. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/WG-parties.html">Chair of Wagoner County Republican Party</a>, 2014. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2014. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="637.44.80">Corcoran, Matthew J.</a></b> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 11th District, 2010. Still living as of 2010. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="258.95.17">Corcoran, Michael George</a></b> — of St. Ann, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/saintann.html">Mayor of St. Ann, Mo.</a>; elected 2011, 2015. Still living as of 2015. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="862.01.60">Corcoran, Paul</a></b> — of Waverly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TI-lived.html">Tioga County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/NY.html">1960</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="867.98.94">Corcoran, Richard</a></b> — of North Bennington, Bennington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/BE-lived.html">Bennington County</a>, Vt. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/VT.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="257.67.63">Corcoran, Robert J.</a></b> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/spju.html">Justice of Arizona state supreme court</a>, 1989-. Still living as of 1995. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="095.86.61">Corcoran, Thomas</a></b> — of Georgetown (now part of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>), D.C. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/washington.html#4">Georgetown, D.C.</a>, 1815-30. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="804.99.15">Corcoran, Thomas J.</a></b> — Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/KS.html">Kansas Democratic state chair</a>, 1965-66. Still living as of 1966. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="539.36.96">Corcoran, Thomas James</a> (1920-1994)</b> — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/index.html">1920</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BU-diplomats.html ">Burundi</a>, 1978. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/index.html">1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">about 74 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/corcoran-thomas-james ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="862.13.23">Corcoran, Thomas Joseph</a> (1896-1956)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas J. Corcoran</b> — of Syracuse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-lived.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/09-13.html">September 13, 1896</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/syracuse.html">Mayor of Syracuse, N.Y.</a>, 1950-53. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/01-09.html">January 9, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 118 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="336.83.51">Corcoran, Thomas Joseph</a> (b. 1939)</b> — also known as <b>Tom Corcoran</b> — of Illinois. Born in Ottawa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LS-born.html">La Salle County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/05-23.html">May 23, 1939</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1977-85 (15th District 1977-83, 14th District 1983-85). Still living as of 1998. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000773">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402893">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="413.16.83">Corcoran, Thomas L. J.</a> (c.1908-1955)</b> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York City (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ZZ-born.html">unknown county</a>), N.Y., about 1908. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; assistant counsel (1937), counsel (1942) to Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lehman.html#123.76.63">Herbert H. Lehman</a>; head of the New York State War Council during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 1st District, 1947-55; died in office 1955. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/friendly-sons-st-patrick.html">Friendly Sons of St. Patrick</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">blood clot</a>, in St. Elizabeth's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-died.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/02-21.html">February 21, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">about 47 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-buried.html#cms01209">Calvary Cemetery</a>, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas J. Corcoran and Emma Corcoran; married to Edith Stanton (niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ogg-ohanlon.html#324.06.23">James Aloysius O'Gorman</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15846.html">O'Gorman-Malone family</a> of New York City, New York.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="922.01.58">Corcoran, Tom</a></b> — of Clay Center, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/CA-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Kan. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/KS.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="611.56.82">Corcoran, Tom</a></b> — of Overland Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/JO-lived.html">Johnson County</a>, Kan. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/KS.html">1960</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="259.68.94">Corcoran, Tom</a></b> — of Topeka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-lived.html">Shawnee County</a>, Kan. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/KS.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Corcoran, Tom</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#336.83.51">Thomas Joseph Corcoran</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="781.99.10">Corcoran, William M.</a></b> — of St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/saintpaul.html#3">St. Paul, Minn.</a>, 1860-61. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="848.04.35">Corcoran, William Warwick</a> (b. 1884)</b> — also known as <b>William W. Corcoran</b> — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/09-05.html">September 5, 1884</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper correspondent</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-consuls.html ">Boulogne-sur-Mer</a>, as of 1924-29; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AG-consuls.html ">Algiers</a>, as of 1932; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-consuls.html ">Gothenberg</a>, 1936-43; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-consuls.html ">Gothenberg</a>, as of 1947. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. 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