James A. Corcoran (Brooklyn)

He was born about 1880. In 1905, he married Mary Genevieve DeLacy, and they had two children.[https://books.google.com/books?id=M8YGAQAAIAAJ&q=james+a+corcoran+genevieve+delacy New York Red Book] (1944; pg. 64) He engaged in the real estate and insurance business.

Corcoran was elected on November 7, 1939, to the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 22nd D.), to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel Gutman, and took his seat in the 162nd New York State Legislature in January 1940. He was re-elected in 1940 and 1942, and remained in the Assembly until 1943, sitting in the 163rd and 164th New York State Legislatures. He resigned his seat on August 6, 1943, to run for the State Senate seat vacated by the resignation of Daniel Gutman.[https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E12FB3C5C167B93C5A91783D85F478485F9 GUTMAN QUITS SENATE] in The New York Times on August 7, 1943 (subscription required)

Corcoran was elected on November 2, 1943, to the New York State Senate, and took his seat in the 164th New York State Legislature in January 1944. He was re-elected in 1944, and remained in the Senate until 1946, sitting in the 165th New York State Legislature. In 1946, he ran for re-election, but was defeated by American Laborite Kenneth Sherbell.

Corcoran died on January 10, 1949, at his home at 167 Barbey Street in Brooklyn.[https://www.nytimes.com/1949/01/11/archives/i-sami-corcoran-68-once-state-senator.html JAMES CORCORAN, 68, ONCE STATE SENATOR] in The New York Times on January 11, 1949 (subscription required)

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