James Michael Hanley | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York | |
| In office January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1981 | |
| Preceded by | R. Walter Riehlman |
| Succeeded by | George C. Wortley |
| Constituency | 34th district (1965–71) 35th district (1971–73) 32nd district (1973–81) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 19, 1920 Syracuse, New York |
| Died | October 16, 2003 (aged 83) Geddes, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Rita Ann Harrington (married 1950) |
| Children | Peter Christine |
| Residence | Syracuse, New York |
| Alma mater | St. Lucy's Academy (Syracuse, New York) |
| Occupation | Funeral Director |
James Michael Hanley (July 19, 1920 – October 16, 2003) was an American businessman, World War II veteran, and politician who represented New York in the House of Representatives for eight terms from 1965 to 1981.
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[music playing] Hi. My name is Jim Hanley. I'm a mining engineer here at EPA and I'm a Navy veteran. I've been here, just counting it up, 25 years. As a mining engineer here, I do a lot of review of environmental impact statements that involve mining projects or oil and gas projects. Joining the navy reserve in 1983, I knew the commitment as a navy reservist would be a weekend a month, two weeks a year at the most. After 20 odd years in that role, I expected to be able to retire without ever being actually called up into active duty. I received this letter out of the blue calling me to active service in Baghdad and I had to read it twice. At the time I was even older than 55 and not ever really firing a rifle that much -- it was a wakeup call, I guess, to realize that as a reservist I was willing and able to meet that kind of a call back to service. We were actually called Strategic Effects Division and we were involved with planning the surge that happened in 2007 and negotiating with insurgents trying to get them to lay down their weapons. Here at EPA we've met a lot of different people, a lot of different perspectives, and a lot of different interests. One thing to learn at a meeting like that is to identify their interests right away so that you can speak to them and see if those interests can be satisfied and so that kind of experience or training that I received here at EPA was meeting the needs of the generals, meeting the Iraqi leaders and trying to overcome, you know, language barriers, overcome cultural barriers, trying to understand what they needed as a minimum. It was effective, I think, and I think maybe the military recognized that I had that training and that's why they put in that -- in that role when I got there. All the members, all the Armed Forces members that I served with in Iraq, they would always asked me about my civilian career. And I just told them that here at EPA we have a very strong mission, almost all of us without exception are really mission-oriented, and since the military is also very strongly mission-oriented that making that kind of transition to an organization like ours would be not that difficult; a mission that they could get behind, just like they were supporting a mission overseas there. [music playing]
Biography
James M. Hanley was born in Syracuse, New York, on July 19, 1920. He attended local schools and graduated from St. Lucy's Academy in 1938. He was a funeral director, and the owner and operator of the Callahan-Hanley-Mooney Funeral Home.[1]
World War II
Hanley enlisted for World War II and served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1946.[2]
Tenure in Congress
In 1964 he was a successful Democratic candidate for a Syracuse-based congressional district, the first Democrat to hold this seat since 1915. He served eight terms, 1965 to 1981, and was Chairman of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service in his final term. During his Congressional career, Hanley was known as a liberal, and supported the Great Society program of Lyndon B. Johnson, expansion of Medicare and Head Start, and the Equal Rights Amendment.[3]
Later career and death
Hanley did not run for reelection in 1980; since then, no other Democrat has represented Syracuse in Congress for two consecutive terms. He worked as a government relations consultant in the Washington, D.C. area until 1990, afterwards retiring to upstate New York.[4]
He died in Geddes, New York, on October 16, 2003, and was buried at the Onondaga County Veterans Memorial Cemetery.[5][6][7]
Legacy
The federal building in Syracuse is named for him.[8]
References
- ^ Williams Press, The New York Red Book, 1977, page 1070
- ^ U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, entry for James M. Hanley, retrieved December 16, 2013
- ^ "James Hanley, 83; Congressman Was Liberal Democrat", Los Angeles Times, October 28, 2003
- ^ Terrance Kivalan (February 13, 1981), Newhouse News Service, "Hanley Joins Law Firm", Syracuse Herald-Journal
- ^ Eric Pace (October 27, 2003), James M. Hanley, 83, Dies; Served 8 Terms in Congress, The New York Times
- ^ U.S. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2013, entry for James M. Hanley, retrieved December 16, 2013
- ^ U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, entry for James M. Hanley, retrieved December 16, 2013
- ^ James T. Walsh, United States House of Representatives, Tribute to Former Congressman James M. Hanley, February 10, 2004
External links
- United States Congress. "James M. Hanley (id: H000158)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- James M. Hanley at Political Graveyard
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