Frederick W. Kavanaugh
{{short description|American politician and businessman from New York}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name=Frederick W. Kavanaugh
|office=Member of the New York State Senate from the 32nd district
|term_start=January 1, 1921
|term_end=December 31, 1924
|predecessor=James W. Yelverton
|successor=Thomas C. Brown
|birth_name=Frederick William Kavanaugh
|birth_date={{birth date|1871|9|10}}
|birth_place=Waterford, New York, U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1940|12|2|1871|9|10}}
|death_place=Waterford, New York, U.S.
|death_cause=Suicide by gunshot
|party=Republican
|spouse={{marriage|Lillian May LeRoy|1891}}
|children=2
|relatives=George W. Kavanaugh (brother)
|occupation=Politician, businessman
}}
Frederick William Kavanaugh (September 10, 1871 in Waterford, Saratoga County, New York – December 2, 1940 in Waterford, Saratoga Co., NY) was an American businessman and politician from New York.
Life
He was the son of Luke Kavanaugh (born 1830 in Dublin) and Mary Monaghan.[http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.kavanaugh/18/mb.ashx Kavanaugh genealogy] at RootsWeb On December 9, 1891, he married Lillian May LeRoy (1871–1921), and they had two children.[http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.kavanaugh/18.1/mb.ashx Kavanaugh genealogy] at RootsWeb
He was Supervisor of the Town of Waterford in 1903;[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1903/06/09/105054117.pdf Saratoga County Convention] in NYT on June 9, 1903 and Sheriff of Saratoga County, New York from 1904 to 1906.
Kavanaugh was a member of the New York State Senate (32nd D.) from 1921 to 1924, sitting in the 144th, 145th, 146th and 147th New York State Legislatures.
He killed himself on December 2, 1940, at his home in Waterford, New York, by shooting himself.[https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0A15FB355A167A93C1A91789D95F448485F9 Ex-State Senator Dead; F. W. Kavanaugh Ends Life by Shot at Waterford] in NYT on December 3, 1940 (subscription required)
Assemblyman George W. Kavanaugh (born c. 1863) was his brother.
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{{succession box | before = James W. Yelverton | title = New York State Senate
32nd District | years = 1921–1924 | after = Thomas C. Brown}}
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Category:Republican Party New York (state) state senators
Category:People from Waterford, New York
Category:Suicides by firearm in New York (state)
Category:Sheriffs of Saratoga County, New York
Category:Town supervisors in New York (state)
Category:American politicians who died by suicide
Category:20th-century members of the New York State Legislature