Patrick John Carley (February 2, 1866 – February 25, 1936) was an Irish-American businessman and politician who served four terms, from 1927 to 1935, as a U.S. representative from New York.
Life and career P. J. Carley was born in 1866 in County Roscommon, Ireland (then a part of the U.K.). He was educated in Ireland and immigrated to the United States when he was 17, settling in Brooklyn, New York.U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 Record for Patrick J Carley, accessed January 20, 20131930 United States Federal Census, Record for Patrick J Carley, accessed January 20, 2013 He became active in construction and real estate development, eventually owning and operating his own firm, P. J. Carley & Sons.Brooklyn Daily Eagle, P. J. Carley Starts Big Program for Bay Ridge Homes, May 1, 1921Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Congressman Carley Finds Bay Ridge Merchants Cheerful, November 20, 1932 He was also involved in banking and several civic causes, including support of the Bay Ridge Memorial Hospital.The Capitalist, New Savings Bank in Brooklyn, Volumes 40 to 42, May 1909, page 87U.S. Government Printing Office, Official Congressional Directory, 1933, page 75
Tenure in Congress In 1926 Carley was elected as a Democrat to the Seventieth Congress. He was reelected three times, and served from March 4, 1927, to January 3, 1935. From 1932 to 1933 he was Chairman of the House Committee on the Election of the President, Vice President, and Representatives.New York Times, Carley Heads Elections Committee, February 17, 1932
Later career and death Carley was not a candidate for renomination in 1934 and resumed his construction and other business interests.
Death and burial Carley died in Brooklyn on February 25, 1936, and was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Queens, New York.New York Times, Patrick J. Garley, Legislator, Dead, February 26, 1936New York Times, 1,800 at Carley Rites: Civic and Political Organizations Represented at Services, February 29, 1936New York Post, Patrick J. Carley Dies; Former Congressman, February 26, 1936
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External resources
Patrick J. Carley at Political Graveyard