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Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
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MacCRATE, John, a Representative from New York;
born in Dumbarton, Scotland, March 29, 1885;
immigrated with his mother to the United States in 1893 and settled in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, N.Y., where his father had provided a home;
attended the public schools and the Commercial High School in Brooklyn;
was graduated from the law department of New York University in 1906;
was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in New York City;
delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1916 and 1920;
was nominated in the primaries by both the Republican and Democratic Parties and was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1919, to December 30, 1920, when he resigned;
elected justice of the supreme court of the State of New York in 1920;
reelected in 1934 and 1948 and served in the appellate division of the supreme court until December 31, 1955, when he reached age limit;
official referee, New York State Supreme Court, in 1956, 1957, and to June 1958;
died in Brooklyn, N.Y., June 9, 1976;
interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Queens, N.Y.
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