George W. Loft
U.S. Congressperson
1865 – 1943
Who was George W. Loft?
George William Loft was an American businessman, politician, real estate developer, and owner/breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses.
Born in New York City, Loft attended the public schools. He gained considerable wealth in the candy manufacturing business and expanded into retailing, banking, and real estate.
His first wife, Elizabeth M. Loft, died in 1910. Loft remarried in 1911 to Julia McMahon whom he met when she was a salesclerk working at his store at 54 Barclay Street in New York. The couple made their home in Baldwin, New York on Long Island. On May 12, 1921, Julia Loft was appointed an honorary Deputy Police Commissioner for the City of New York and announced she would be active in her position and would fulfill her duties on a full-time basis.
A member of the United States House of Representatives from New York, Loft was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Timothy D. Sullivan. He was reelected in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress and served from November 4, 1913, to March 3, 1917. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1916.
In 1923, the City of New York honored him by naming one of its ferryboats the "George W. Loft."
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- Born
- Feb 6, 1865
New York City - Also known as
- George Loft
- Spouses
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- New York City
- Died
- Nov 6, 1943
Baldwin - Resting place
- Saint Raymond's Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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