John V. Kenny

John V. Kenny

Infobox_Politician
name = John V. Kenny


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birth_date = birth date|1894|4|6|mf=y
birth_place = Jersey City, New Jersey
death_date = death date and age|1975|6|2|1894|4|6|mf=y
death_place = Paramus, New Jersey
residence = Jersey City, New Jersey
office = Mayor of Jersey City
order = 32nd
term_start = 1949
term_end = 1953
predecessor = Frank H. Eggers
successor = Bernard J. Berry
party = Democratic
religion =
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children =
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John V. Kenny (April 6, 1894 – June 2, 1975) [ [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy-kensey.html The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Kennedy-minott to Kensey ] ] was mayor of Jersey City from 1949 to 1953.

In 1971, he was convicted, along with the then-mayor Thomas J. Whelan and former City Council president Thomas Flaherty, in federal court of conspiracy and extortion in a multi-million dollar political kickback scheme on city and county contracts.

Kenny suffered a heart attack and died on June 2, 1975, in Jersey City. He is buried in Holy Name Cemetery in Jersey City.cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Ex-Mayor John V. Kenny Of Jersey City Dies at 82. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20B13F8395F1B7493C1A9178DD85F418785F9 |quote=John V. Kenny, the former Mayor of Jersey City whose control of the Hudson County Democratic party crumbled after a flurry of Federal extortion charges in late 1970, died last evening of heart disease. He was 82 years old. |publisher=New York Times |date=June 3, 1975 |accessdate=2008-04-23 ] [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Kenny Funeral Held With Few Politicians Attending. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40815F63858157493C4A9178DD85F418785F9 |quote=John V. Kenny, the leader of Hudson County politics for more than 20 years, was buried here in Holy Name Cemetery today after a funeral mass sparsely attended by political figures. |publisher=New York Times |date=June 6, 1975 |accessdate=2008-04-23 ]

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