Harry F. Dunkel
{{short description|American politician}}
{{infobox officeholder
|state_senate = New York State
|district = 35th
|term_start = January 1, 1936
|term_end = December 31, 1938
|preceded = Henry I. Patrie
|succeeded = Fred A. Young
|office2 = Member of the New York State Assembly for Fulton and Hamilton
|preceded2 = Eberly Hutchinson
|succeeded2 = Denton D. Lake
|term_start2 = January 1, 1932
|term_end2 = December 31, 1935
|birth_date = {{birth date|1898|05|14}}
|birth_place = {{nowrap|Gloversville, New York, U.S.}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|1990|05|04|1898|05|14}}
|party = Republican
|spouse = Mildred
|alma_mater = Albany Law School
}}
Harry F. Dunkel (May 14, 1898 – May 4, 1990) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
He was born on May 14, 1898, in Fulton County, New York. He attended the public schools in Gloversville. He graduated from Albany Law School, and practiced law in Gloversville.[https://books.google.com/books?id=z8MGAQAAIAAJ&q=red+book+harry+f+dunkel+born+1898 New York Red Book] (1937; pg. 34) He was Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Fulton County from 1926 to 1931.[http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2011/Gloversville%20NY%20Morning%20Herald/Gloversville%20NY%20Morning%20Herald%201930%20Grayscale/Gloversville%20NY%20Morning%20Herald%201930%20Grayscale%20-%200022.pdf JOHN S. ENOS IS ELECTED THE CHAIRMAN OF SUPERVISORSAT ORGANIZATION MEETING; Harry F. Dunkel Is Re-Elected Clerk] in The Morning Herald, of Gloversville and Johnstown, on January 2, 1930
Dunkel was a member of the New York State Assembly (Fulton and Hamilton Co.) in 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1935.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (35th D.) from 1936 to 1938, sitting in the 159th, 160th, and 161st New York State Legislatures.
Later, he was at times County Attorney of Hamilton County, and Town Attorney of Lake Pleasant.[http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2011/Gloversville%20NY%20Leader%20Republican/Gloversville%20NY%20Leader%20Republican%201952%20a%20Grayscale/Gloversville%20NY%20Leader%20Republican%201952%20a%20Grayscale%20-%200026.pdf Hamilton County Supervisors Name Tracy of Amsterdam to Position of Attorney as Dunkel's Successor] in The Leader–Republican, of Gloversville and Johnstown, on January 4, 1952
He died on May 4, 1990.[http://sortedbyname.com/pages/d109545.html "Harry F. Dunkel"] at Social Security Info
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{{succession box | before = Henry I. Patrie | title = New York State Senate
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Category:Republican Party New York (state) state senators
Category:Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Category:People from Gloversville, New York
Category:Albany Law School alumni
Category:20th-century members of the New York State Legislature