- Joseph V. McKee
Infobox Officeholder
name = Joseph V. McKee
imagesize = 150px
caption =
order =Mayor of New York City
term_start =September 1 ,1932
term_end =December 31 ,1932
predecessor = James J. Walker
successor =John P. O'Brien
birth_date =August 8 ,1889
birth_place =Bronx ,New York
death_date =January 28 ,1956
death_place =New York ,New York
constituency =
party = Democratic
spouse = Cornelia Kraft
children = Joseph V. McKee, Jr.
profession =
religion =Roman Catholic
footnotes =Joseph V. McKee, Sr. (
August 8 ,1889 –January 28 ,1956 ) was originally a teacher atDeWitt Clinton High School in theBronx, New York , but later became a politically active Democrat. [August 8 ,1889 comes from hisWorld War I draft registration]McKee married Cornelia Kraft on
November 27 ,1918 . He served as a New York State Assemblyman for the 7th Assembly District (Bronx County ) from 1918 to 1923, and was a MunicipalJudge from 1924 to 1926. In 1926, he was tapped to serve as President of the New York City Board of Aldermen withJames J. Walker as Mayor. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Joseph V. McKee |url= |quote=New York City celebrated its real New Year's on Sept. 2. On that day Mayor Walker resigned and Joseph V. McKee became Acting Mayor. He owes much to his predecessor. The regime of the easy-going gentleman now writing his reminiscences on the Riviera furnished the perfect foil for his successor. |publisher=New York Times |date=January 1 ,1933 , Sunday |accessdate=2007-06-14 ]McKee was appointed Acting
Mayor of New York City after the resignation of Mayor Walker onSeptember 1 ,1932 . Walker, who resigned amid scandal and the threat of a criminal indictment, subsequently fled toEurope until the danger of prosecution appeared remote.McKee, who was sometimes mockingly referred to as "Holy Joe", running as a write-in candidate, lost a special election to
John P. O'Brien in November 1932 to fill out the rest of Walker's unexpired term as Mayor. His four month term as Acting Mayor of New York City ended onDecember 31 ,1932 .In November 1933, McKee ran for Mayor as the
Recovery Party candidate against Democratic MayorJohn P. O'Brien andRepublican-City Fusion Party candidateFiorello H. La Guardia , but lost to La Guardia. He served as a delegate to theDemocratic National Convention fromNew York in 1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944.McKee died in 1956 and was interred at
Gate of Heaven Cemetery inHawthorne, New York . [Gate of Heaven Cemetery is also the final resting place of his mayoral predecessor, Walker and his mayoral successor, O'Brien ] cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Joseph V. McKee is Dead|url= |quote=Joseph V. McKee, Acting Mayor of New York for four months when James J. Walker resigned under fire in 1932, died of a heart attack yesterday at his home, 625 Park Avenue. His age was 66. |publisher=New York Times |date=January 29 ,1956 , Sunday |accessdate=2007-06-14 ]References
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