John L. Buckley (born March 9, 1900) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.He served as a state senator in New York and was a leader of the “Irish bloc” in Tammany Hall.https://www.nytimes.com/1949/02/23/archives/buckley-will-retire-as-tammany-leader.html
Biography Born in New York City, Buckley attended Xavier High School and Fordham University. He graduated from Fordham University School of Law in 1923, and practiced law in New York City.New York Red Book (1939; pg. 108)
Buckley was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co., 7th D.) in 1925 and 1926.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (15th D.) from 1927 to 1942, sitting in the 150th, 151st, 152nd, 153rd, 154th, 155th, 156th, 157th, 158th, 159th, 160th, 161st, 162nd and 163rd New York State Legislatures.
He was the Tammany Hall district leader of the 7th, and later the 5th (after re-apportionment in 1943) assembly district from 1939BUCKLEY IS ELECTED DISTRICT LEADER in the New York Times on May 7, 1939 (subscription required) to 1949.Hirsch Succeeds Buckley in the New York Times on March 4, 1949 (subscription required)
He was a delegate to the New York State Convention to Ratify the 21st Amendment in 1933; and to the 1940, 1944 and 1948 Democratic National Conventions.
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