M.(ichael) William Bray was lieutenant governor of New York State in 1933-38, serving for three terms under Governor Herbert Lehman.
Bray was born on a farm in the Town of Clinton, Clinton County on September 25, 1889. He graduated from Chateaugay High School in 1907, Union College in 1911, and Albany Law School in 1913.
Bray moved to Utica in 1914 to start his law practice. At an early age, he became involved with the Oneida County Democratic Party, becoming party chair in 1924. In 1928, he was selected as state Democratic Party chairman. As chairman, he managed the first gubernatorial campaign of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the campaign in New York State of Alfred E. Smith for president.
In 1932, Herbert Lehman was nominated as the Democratic Party candidate for New York State governor over the objections of the Tammany Hall political machine. In turn, John Curry, then head of Tammany Hall, selected Bray to be the nominee for lieutenant governor. Bray served for three terms, before being replaced on the ticket by Charles Poletti.
Governor Lehman in 1942 appointed Bray to the State Public Service Commission for a three-year term. He later served as a bankruptcy referee and as president of the State Bar Association in 1950. In 1955, Bray was appointed to a 10-year term on the State Building Commission.
M. William Bray married Catherine Claire Coleman in New York City in November 1948. He died on January 17, 1961 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Utica.
Bray was born on a farm in the Town of Clinton, Clinton County on September 25, 1889. He graduated from Chateaugay High School in 1907, Union College in 1911, and Albany Law School in 1913.
Bray moved to Utica in 1914 to start his law practice. At an early age, he became involved with the Oneida County Democratic Party, becoming party chair in 1924. In 1928, he was selected as state Democratic Party chairman. As chairman, he managed the first gubernatorial campaign of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the campaign in New York State of Alfred E. Smith for president.
In 1932, Herbert Lehman was nominated as the Democratic Party candidate for New York State governor over the objections of the Tammany Hall political machine. In turn, John Curry, then head of Tammany Hall, selected Bray to be the nominee for lieutenant governor. Bray served for three terms, before being replaced on the ticket by Charles Poletti.
Governor Lehman in 1942 appointed Bray to the State Public Service Commission for a three-year term. He later served as a bankruptcy referee and as president of the State Bar Association in 1950. In 1955, Bray was appointed to a 10-year term on the State Building Commission.
M. William Bray married Catherine Claire Coleman in New York City in November 1948. He died on January 17, 1961 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Utica.
M.(ichael) William Bray was lieutenant governor of New York State in 1933-38, serving for three terms under Governor Herbert Lehman.
Bray was born on a farm in the Town of Clinton, Clinton County on September 25, 1889. He graduated from Chateaugay High School in 1907, Union College in 1911, and Albany Law School in 1913.
Bray moved to Utica in 1914 to start his law practice. At an early age, he became involved with the Oneida County Democratic Party, becoming party chair in 1924. In 1928, he was selected as state Democratic Party chairman. As chairman, he managed the first gubernatorial campaign of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the campaign in New York State of Alfred E. Smith for president.
In 1932, Herbert Lehman was nominated as the Democratic Party candidate for New York State governor over the objections of the Tammany Hall political machine. In turn, John Curry, then head of Tammany Hall, selected Bray to be the nominee for lieutenant governor. Bray served for three terms, before being replaced on the ticket by Charles Poletti.
Governor Lehman in 1942 appointed Bray to the State Public Service Commission for a three-year term. He later served as a bankruptcy referee and as president of the State Bar Association in 1950. In 1955, Bray was appointed to a 10-year term on the State Building Commission.
M. William Bray married Catherine Claire Coleman in New York City in November 1948. He died on January 17, 1961 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Utica.
Bray was born on a farm in the Town of Clinton, Clinton County on September 25, 1889. He graduated from Chateaugay High School in 1907, Union College in 1911, and Albany Law School in 1913.
Bray moved to Utica in 1914 to start his law practice. At an early age, he became involved with the Oneida County Democratic Party, becoming party chair in 1924. In 1928, he was selected as state Democratic Party chairman. As chairman, he managed the first gubernatorial campaign of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the campaign in New York State of Alfred E. Smith for president.
In 1932, Herbert Lehman was nominated as the Democratic Party candidate for New York State governor over the objections of the Tammany Hall political machine. In turn, John Curry, then head of Tammany Hall, selected Bray to be the nominee for lieutenant governor. Bray served for three terms, before being replaced on the ticket by Charles Poletti.
Governor Lehman in 1942 appointed Bray to the State Public Service Commission for a three-year term. He later served as a bankruptcy referee and as president of the State Bar Association in 1950. In 1955, Bray was appointed to a 10-year term on the State Building Commission.
M. William Bray married Catherine Claire Coleman in New York City in November 1948. He died on January 17, 1961 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Utica.
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