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Patrick J. Kerrigan (1864 – December 23, 1895) was an American politician from New York.
He was born in 1864, in New York City. He attended the public schools. Then he became a house painter, and later worked in the city's street cleaning department.
Kerrigan entered politics as a Democrat. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co., 19th D.) in 1894.[1] His election was contested by the Republican candidate Edward R. Duffy on the grounds that Kerrigan, at the time of his election, had held a civil office in the City of New York which would render him ineligible to the State legislature. The Assembly Committee on Elections rejected the contest, finding that a section foreman in the street cleaning department is a city employee but not a city officer.[2]
In November 1894, he ran for re-election, but was defeated by Republican Welton C. Percy. In November 1895, after re-apportionment, he ran in the 17th District of New York County for the Assembly, and was again elected, but died before his second term began.[3]
Kerrigan died suddenly on December 23, 1895, in Savannah, Georgia, of dropsy.[4]
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