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William Brunner 1887 - 1965

William Brunner of Rockaway Park, Queens County, NY was born on September 15, 1887 in Brooklyn, comté de Kings County, and died at age 77 years old on April 23, 1965 in Brooklyn. William Brunner was buried at Cimetière Saint John 80-01 Metropolitan Ave, in Queens, Queens County.

William Brunner

Rockaway Park, Queens County, NY 11694

September 15, 1887

Brooklyn, comté de Kings County, NY, États-Unis

April 23, 1965

Brooklyn, comté de Kings County, NY, États-Unis

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Introduction

William Frank Brunner (September 15, 1887 – April 23, 1965) was an American businessman and politician who four terms served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York from 1929 to 1935. Early life Born in Woodhaven, Queens, he attended the public schools, Far Rockaway High School in Far Rockaway, Queens, and Packard Commercial School in New York City. He moved to Rockaway Park, Queens in 1901, engaged in the insurance and real-estate business, and served in the United States Navy as a yeoman first class from 1917 to 1919. Political career He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Queens Co., 5th D.) in 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 and 1928. Congress He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-first and to the three succeeding Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1929, until his resignation on September 27, 1935, having been elected sheriff of Queens County. He served as sheriff from 1935 until his resignation in 1936 and was president of the Board of Aldermen of New York City from January 1 to December 31, 1937. Later career and death Brunner resumed the insurance and real-estate business and was Queens County commissioner of borough works from July 1 to December 31, 1941. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination in 1942 and for election on the American Labor Party ticket to the Seventy-eighth Congress. He was president of Rockaway Beach Hospital (later named Peninsula General Hospital, then Peninsula Hospital Center) from 1946 to 1965. He died in Far Rockaway on April 23, 1965. Interment was in St. John's Cemetery, Middle Village.
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September 15, 1887

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Brooklyn, comté de Kings County, NY États-Unis

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1965

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April 23, 1965

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Brooklyn, comté de Kings County, NY États-Unis
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Cimetière Saint John 80-01 Metropolitan Ave, in Queens, Queens County, NY 11379, États-Unis
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