Background
Kearney, Bernard W. was born on May 23, 1889 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Son of Patrick B. and Josephine (Oster) Kearney.
Kearney, Bernard W. was born on May 23, 1889 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Son of Patrick B. and Josephine (Oster) Kearney.
Bachelor of Laws, Union U., 1914.
Admitted to the New York bar in 1914. Became recorder City of Gloversville, New York, 1920-1924. Assistant district attorney, Hamilton Company, 1925-1928.
Fulton County, 1928-1931, district attorney, 1932-1942. Elected member 78th Congress, 30th New York District, 1943, 79th to 82d Congresses, 31st New York District, 84th and 85th Congresses, 32d New York District.
Served as captain, infantry, American Expeditionary Force, France, 1918. Member of New York State Bar Association, Delta Chi. Elk, Eagle.
Married Lillian Dean, March 31, 1917. Children: Eileen (deceased), Marion (Mistress George V. Lynch), Joan (Mistress Robert Wade), Patricia (deceased), Patricia (Mistress W. Dexter Bryant).