Word: mccooey
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. John Henry ("Uncle John") McCooey, 69, Democratic boss of Brooklyn since 1909, Democratic National Committeeman from New York; of myocarditis; in Brooklyn. A rotund, jovial man with sweeping white mustaches, he kept his machine firmly allied to Tammany Hall except for one quickly healed break in 1925. With the Fusion victory of last November he found his dominion slipping, saw Federal patronage dispensed in his own demesne without his consent...
...Among the 1,000 guests at the President's Supreme Court reception was cherubic old John H. McCooey, Tammany ally and longtime Democratic boss of Brooklyn. If he thought that his invitation was a peace overture from the White House instead of a routine bid due him as Democratic national committeeman, Boss McCooey was mistaken. Since the open break between the Administration and Tammany in the New York mayoral election, the 24 erstwhile Tammany Congressmen have begun taking orders from the White House, not from the Hall. Boss McCooey's complete undoing was forecast last week when Brooklyn...
...That junket of McCooey's down to the White House was just to make it look as though he still has his finger in the pie," said a Quayle spokesman. "He is positively...
Prize picture in the pamphlet was that of Brooklyn's benign, blue-eyed Boss John H. ("For Success") McCooey milking a cow. Its caption: "A jolly family man from Brooklyn who loves milking." It was taken ten years ago when Boss McCooey participated in a milking contest for the benefit of the Brooklyn Tuberculosis Association. When ''Farmer John" McCooey was shown the pamphlet, he let out a disarming chuckle: ''Why shouldn't the school children have this book? It would prove an inspiration to them to see how the Democratic leaders Lave succeeded . . . (thumbing...
...Boss McCooey takes a benignant interest in schools, got his sister Margaret on the Board of Superintendents. His espousal of Dr. Colligan did not immediately suit Manhattan editors, who would have preferred a college-trained executive with no odor of Tammany. But they accepted Dr. Colligan as a pleasant, straightforward, progressive pedagog who may, after all, be just the sort of president for a place like Hunter...