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Preceded by
  
Succeeded by
  
Political party
  
Democratic Party

Name
  
John Kenny

Religion
  
Roman Catholic


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Full Name
  
John Vincent Kenny

Born
  
April 6, 1893Jersey City, New Jersey (
1893-04-06
)

Died
  
June 2, 1975, Paramus, New Jersey, United States

Residence
  
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

John Vincent Kenny (April 6, 1893 – June 2, 1975) was mayor of Jersey City from 1949 to 1953.

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Life and career

He was born on April 6, 1893. A former ward leader under longtime mayor Frank Hague, he broke with his mentor after Hague engineered the appointment of his nephew, Frank Hague Eggers, in 1947. Kenny put together a commission ticket that broke Hague's 30-year rule. Although he only served as mayor until 1953, he remained the real power in Jersey City for three decades. Kenny ruled Jersey City and Hudson County Democratic politics and was known as the "Little Guy,"

His rule was only broken in 1971, he was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey and convicted, along with the then-mayor Thomas J. Whelan and former City Council president Thomas Flaherty, in federal court of conspiracy and extortion in a multimillion-dollar political kickback scheme on city and county contracts.

Kenny suffered a heart attack and died on June 2, 1975, in Jersey City. He was buried in Holy Name Cemetery in Jersey City.

References

John V. Kenny Wikipedia


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