Edwin Joseph O'Malley

Edwin Joseph O'Malley

Infobox Person
name = Edwin Joseph O'Malley


image_size = 150px
caption = O'Malley circa 1905
birth_date = birth date|1881|8|23|mf=y
birth_place = Bronx
death_date = death date and age|1953|4|10|1881|8|23|mf=y
death_place = Amityville, New York
occupation = Commissioner of Public Markets
spouse = Alma Feltner (1883-1940)
marriage = January 16, 1902
parents = Thomas Francis O'Malley (1854-1918)
Georgiana Reynolds (1855-1941)
children = Walter Francis O'Malley

Edwin Joseph O'Malley (August 23, 1881 – April 10, 1953) was the Commissioner of Public Markets for New York City.

Biography

Edwin was the son of Thomas Francis O'Malley (1854-1918) and Georgiana Reynolds (1855-1941) and he was born in the Bronx, New York in 1881. He married Alma Feltner (1883-1940) on January 16, 1902 and had one child, a son, Walter Francis O'Malley (1903-1979), who would become the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1950 to 1979, and who would oversee their controversial move from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. Alma O'Malley was of German extraction.

In 1910 Edwin was living in the Bronx, New York and working as a cotton goods salesman. Around 1911 he moved the family from the Bronx to Hollis, Queens. He registered for the draft on September 12 1918, but did not serve in World War I. He became a Democratic party "ward heeler" for Tammany Hall, and was appointed as the Commissioner of Public Markets for New York City by mayor John F. Hylan. He testified on August 18 1922 before the Kings County, New York Grand Jury, which was investigating the mishandling of the fees paid by vendors to the Public Markets office, no were charges were filed.

He died in Amityville, New York in 1953, aged 73.cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=E. J. O'Malley Dies; Led City Markets. |url= |quote=Commissioner Under Hylan Advocated Large Centers for Food Distribution. Edwin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Markets under Mayor John F. Hylan, died of a heart attack Friday night at his home, 425 East Seventy-second Street. He was 69 years old. |publisher=New York Times |date=April 11, 1953 |accessdate=2007-02-14 ]

Court cases

*Schumaker v. O'Malley; May 1, 1920
*Matter of Joerger v. O'Malley; December 1, 1923

References

Further reading

*Roger Kahn; The Era 1947-1957: When the Yankees, the Giants, and the Dodgers Ruled the World. ISBN 0-8032-7805-5
*Burton Alan Boxerman; Ebbets to Veeck to Busch: Eight Owners Who Shaped Baseball. ISBN 0-7864-1562-2
*Henry D. Fetter; Taking on the Yankees: Winning and Losing in the Business of Baseball, 1903-2003. ISBN 0-393-05719-4.

External links

* [http://Richard.Arthur.Norton.googlepages.com/edwino%27malleybibliography Edwin O'Malley bibliography]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7768604 Findagrave: Edwin O'Malley]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=O'malley&GSmid=46580804&GRid=7768750& Findagrave: Edwin's father: Thomas O'Malley]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=O'malley&GSmid=46580804&GRid=7768813& Findagrave: Edwin's mother: Georgiana Marie Reynolds]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=O'malley&GSmid=46580804&GRid=7804531& Findagrave: Edwin's wife: Alma Feltner]


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