- John F. Murtaugh
John Francis Murtaugh (
February 6 ,1874 Elmira,Chemung County, New York -December 1 ,1918 Manhattan ,New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician fromNew York .Life
He was the son of Michael Murtaugh. He graduated from
Cornell University in 1899, where he was a member of theQuill and Dagger society. He married Nellie O'Day (d. 1915), and they had four children.He was a member of the
New York State Senate from the 41st District from 1911 to 1914. In 1914, he was chosen President pro tempore of the New York State Senate for the session of 1914 after President pro temporeRobert F. Wagner had become Acting Lieutenant Governor and President of the State Senate in October 1913 upon the impeachment of GovernorWilliam Sulzer . [ [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D05E6DF1E39E633A25754C0A9679C946596D6CF] NYT on January 7, 1914]In 1918, he was commissioned a
major in theU.S. Army . [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=XMMTAAAAYAAJ&dq=john+murtaugh+commissioned+major&lr=&hl=pt-BR "State Service: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Government of the State of New York and Its Affairs"] edited by James Malcolm (State Service Magazine Co., Inc., 1918, Vol. 2)]He died at
The Ansonia Hotel after taking poison by mistake [ [http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/3536/30/021_11.pdf Cornell Alumni News] December 1918, page 127] . He was served "Roach salt" [ [http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/chemicals/cn/sodium%A0fluoride%A0hydrofluoride.html Chemical description of Roach salt = Sodium fluoride hydrofluoride] ] (NaHF2, aninsecticide ) instead ofRochelle salt (apurgative ), and died about three hours after ingestion. He was buried in Elmira.Notes
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* [http://books.google.com/books?lr=&hl=pt-BR&id=EqTM01tq4UkC&dq=john+f+murtaugh+elected+president+pro+tem&q=john+f+murtaugh&pgis=1 "The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society"] (Vol. 21, 1922) (spells "roach saults")
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murrell-myer.html] Political Graveyard
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