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    William O'Dwyer (July 11, 1890 – November 24, 1964) was an Irish-American politician who served as the 100th Mayor of New York City, holding that office...
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    Sir Michael Francis O'Dwyer GCIE KCSI (28 April 1864 – 13 March 1940) was an Irish colonial officer in the Indian Civil Service (ICS) and later the Lieutenant...
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  • O'Dwyer or O'Dwyers may refer to: House of (Clan) O'Dwyer O'Dwyer (surname) O'Dwyers of Kilnamanagh William O'Dwyer, 100th mayor of New York City (1946-1950)...
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    president of the City Council in 1945 and reelected in 1949. When Mayor William O'Dwyer resigned in 1950, he became acting mayor. He lost the Democratic primary...
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    election was held on November 7, 1950. Incumbent Democratic Mayor William O'Dwyer had resigned as mayor of New York City in August 1950 to become the...
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    O'Dwyer (Irish: Ó Dubhuir), also known as Dwyer, Dyer is one of Ireland's oldest Gaelic noble or aristocratic houses, based most prominently in what is...
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    younger brother of Mayor William O'Dwyer, and the father of New York State Gaming Commission Chair Brian O'Dwyer. Paul O'Dwyer was born in Bohola, County...
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  • place, but was then defeated in a special election by John P. O'Brien. William O'Dwyer resigned August 31, 1950, during a police corruption scandal, after...
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  • workers and immigrants. O'Dwyer's father was President of the City Council from 1973-77, Paul O'Dwyer. O'Dwyer's uncle,William O'Dwyer, was Mayor of New York...
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  • Judge O'Dwyer may refer to: William O'Dwyer (1890–1964), Kings County (Brooklyn) Court, New York judge before becoming Mayor of New York City Edward F...
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    District Attorney William O'Dwyer, a Democrat, and Jonah J. Goldstein, a Republican judge, as well as other, third party candidates. O'Dwyer won the contest...
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    November 8, 1949 in New York City. The candidates were incumbent Mayor William O'Dwyer, a Democrat, and former City Council President and 1945 mayoral candidate...
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    Governor 1868), William Havemeyer (1845–46, 1848–49, and 1873–74), William Jay Gaynor (1910–13), Jimmy Walker (1926–32), and William O'Dwyer (1946–50) failed...
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  • implicate Buchalter in the murders during talks with District Attorney William O'Dwyer after agreeing to become a government informant in 1941. His later...
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    loyalty from those politicians and judges he had helped, including William O'Dwyer, the two-term Mayor of New York City in the 1940s. Costello was able...
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    attending NYU School of Law. He supported William Howard Taft during the 1912 presidential election and replaced William Chadbourne as district captain due to...
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    infrastructure projects. He replaced John P. O'Brien and was succeeded by William O'Dwyer. Before La Guardia's election as mayor in 1933, Tammany Hall had controlled...
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    original on July 23, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2012. "District Attorney William O'Dwyer of Brooklyn left Friday afternoon by train for Los Angeles to confer...
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    proposals. Named city "construction coordinator" in 1946 by Mayor William O'Dwyer, Moses became New York City's de facto representative in Washington...
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    close relationships with New York City politicians, including Mayors William O'Dwyer and Vincent Impellitteri. Lucchese concentrated on the core Cosa Nostra...
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  • Australia. August 22 – Lt. General Clarence R. Huebner August 31 – William O'Dwyer, recently resigned New York City mayor December – Ralph Bunche, United...
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    Dewey, Governor of New York and then-U.S. presidential candidate. William O'Dwyer, Mayor of New York City. Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., Mayor of Baltimore...
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  • custody, Rudolph talked with Brooklyn District Attorney William O'Dwyer. With Rudolph's testimony, O'Dwyer secured first-degree murder indictments against Abe...
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  • The LaGuardia and Wagner Archives holds these series on microfilm. William O’Dwyer was a popular and celebrated mayor during what some have called the...
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    efforts with the Coordinator of Construction, Robert Moses, and Mayor William O'Dwyer, to assemble acceptable interim facilities. Sites in San Francisco...
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  • 1945, Pehle left the War Refugee Board, where he was succeeded by William O'Dwyer. In 1946 he entered private practice, as a senior partner in the Washington...
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    City of Greater New York in 1898. Robert Anderson Van Wyck was the son of William Van Wyck and Lydia Ann Maverick. He was one of seven children, including...
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    to present an image of him as an invincible leader. Bernays advised William O'Dwyer, in his candidacy for mayor of New York City, on how to appear in front...
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  • Following a chance discovery in 1963, reserve U.S. Air Force major William O'Dwyer was asked to research Whitehead's claims. He became convinced that...
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    the ultimate goal of becoming the Mayor of New York City. He spoke to William Lynch Jr., who was an advisor to Mayor David Dinkins, about a political...
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