Joseph J. Cahill

Joseph J. Cahill (February 18, 1857 – February 16, 1934) was an American politician from New York.

Life

Cahill was born on February 18, 1857, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of John Cahill and Susan Brackley.{{Cite web|title=Joseph Cahill in the "Brooklyn, New York, St. Paul's Catholic Church Baptism Records, 1837-1900"|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1254&h=14325&ssrc=pt&tid=169356817&pid=392196341842&usePUB=true&requr=299067163049984&ur=0&gsfn=&gsln=&h=14325|website=Ancestry|access-date=2020-05-27}} His parents were Irish immigrants.{{Cite book|last=Lloyd|first=Will L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5THmWKSAlucC|title=The New York Red Book|publisher=James B. Lyon|year=1892|location=Albany|pages=111–112|language=en}}

After attending St. Francis Xavier's College in Manhattan, Cahill worked with his father in the produce business and was a member of the Produce Exchange. He later joined the liquor business.{{Cite news|date=11 October 1890|title=Assembly Nominees - McTernan Turned Down in the First|work=The Brooklyn Citizen|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/543797033/}}

In 1890, Cahill was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Democrat, representing the Kings County 1st District. He served in the Assembly in 1891, 1892, 1893,{{Cite book|last=Murlin|first=Edgar L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1cwGAQAAIAAJ|title=The New York Red Book|publisher=James B. Lyon|year=1893|location=Albany|pages=115–116|language=en}} and 1894.{{Cite book|last=Murlin|first=Edgar L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8x80AQAAMAAJ|title=The New York Red Book|publisher=James B. Lyon|year=1894|location=Albany|pages=114–115|language=en}}

After he left the Assembly, Cahill had a saloon at 413 Henry Street. In 1905, he was arrested and found guilty of voter registration fraud. After trying to appeal the case for nearly 3 years, he was given a two-year sentence in Sing Sing prison.{{Cite news|date=24 October 1908|title=Cahill, Now Locked Up, Faces a Two-Year Term|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/53942049/}}

Cahill's wife was Margaret Hogan, and they had two sons and two daughters. He died on February 16, 1934, in Frank J. Quayle Jr.'s office at the Hotel St. George.{{Cite news|date=17 February 1934|title=Joseph Cahill Dies in Quayle's Office; Ex-Assemblyman|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/59989774/}} He was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery.