John Joseph BOYLAN, Congress, NY (1878-1938)

BOYLAN, John Joseph, a Representative from New York; born in New York City September 20, 1878; attended the public schools, Cathedral School, De La Salle Institute, and Manhattan College, all in New York City; employed as a postal clerk and afterward engaged in the real estate business; member of the State assembly 1909-1913; served in the State senate 1913-1922; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1923, until his death; was not a candidate for renomination in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress; died in New York City, October 5, 1938; interment in Calvary Cemetery, Long Island City, N.Y.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present