John Godfrey Saxe II
{{short description|American politician}}
{{For|his grandfather|John Godfrey Saxe}}
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| name = John Godfrey Saxe II
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| birth_name = John Godfrey Saxe II
| birth_date = {{birth date|1877|6|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Saratoga, New York
| death_date = {{death date and age|1953|4|17|1877|6|25|df=y}}
| death_place = Manhattan, New York
| resting_place = Albany Rural Cemetery, Colonie, New York
| education = McGill University
Columbia Law School
| occupation = Lawyer
New York State Senator
| spouse = Mary Sands
| children =
| parents = John Theodore Saxe &
Mary Bosworth
| relatives = John Godfrey Saxe, grandfather
}}
John Godfrey Saxe II (June 25, 1877 – April 17, 1953) of Manhattan was a lawyer and a member of the New York State Senate. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention representing New York's 16th congressional district in 1915. He was president of the New York State Bar Association, and counsel for Columbia University.
Biography
He was born on June 25, 1877, in Saratoga, New York, to John Theodore Saxe and Mary Bosworth. He was the grandson of John Godfrey Saxe.{{cite news |title=John Godfrey Saxe |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1916/06/04/archives/john-godfrey-saxe.html |work=New York Times |date=June 4, 1916 |access-date=2010-09-22 }} He married Mary Sands on June 10, 1909. He died on April 17, 1953.{{cite news |title=John G. Saxe Dead, 75. General Counsel for Columbia. Headed State Bar. Expert on Election Statutes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1953/04/18/archives/john-g-sa-dead-leadf-b-in-law-75z-general-counsel-for-columbia.html|work=New York Times |date=April 18, 1953 |access-date=2010-09-22 }}
In the November 8, 1910 New York State Senate election, in the 17th State Senate district that was Republican by a great majority, John Saxe defeated incumbent Senator George B. Agnew who had been the sponsor of the Hart–Agnew Law that would lead to the complete shutdown of Thoroughbred racing in New York State.{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1910s/drf1910111001/drf1910111001_2_6 |title=Senator Agnew Fails Of Re-Election |work=Daily Racing Form|via=University of Kentucky Archives|date=1910-11-10 |access-date=2020-03-30}}
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{{succession box | before = George B. Agnew | title = New York State Senate
17th District | years = 1907–1910 | after = Walter R. Herrick}}
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Category:Democratic Party New York (state) state senators
Category:People from Saratoga, New York
Category:Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
Category:McGill University alumni
Category:Columbia Law School alumni
Category:Burials at Albany Rural Cemetery
Category:20th-century members of the New York State Legislature