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Hugh McLaughlin was born on April 2, 1826, in Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of Hugh McLaughlin, a poor Irish immigrant.
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Hugh McLaughlin was born on April 2, 1826, in Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of Hugh McLaughlin, a poor Irish immigrant.
McLaughlin received practically no formal education.
At an early age, McLaughlin went to work at rope-making, then handled barrels on the docks, and later ran a fish stand forseveral years. In 1849 he became a lieutenant of Henry C. Murphy, a local boss, in 1853 attended his first Democratic state convention, and in 1855, as a result of political activity, became master foreman of civilian labor at the Brooklyn navy yard. Here he judiciously disposed of jobs that he controlled and gradually built up a considerable following. Having purchased the "White House, " a well-known saloon, he met his followers there until he emerged as boss of the Brooklyn Democracy and established political headquarters on Willoughby Street. In 1860, he was defeated for sheriff of Kings County and sat as a delegate in the National Democratic Convention. The next year he was elected county register, an office that he held, with the exception of three years, until 1873. From 1862 until 1903, he controlled the Brooklyn Democracy, sometimes being absolutely dominant but rather frequently encountering defeat and enjoying only partial control. During this period he gathered around himself a political ring composed of an elder sister, "Aunt Nancy, " a nephew, Hugh, and a changeable group of outsiders, among whom W. C. Kingsley, Alexander McCue, solicitor of the treasury and assistant treasurer of the United Statesunder Cleveland, Thomas Kinsella, W. C. Fowler, and Judge Fred Massey stood out. Although definitely preferring local politics to state or national, he maintained cordial relations with Horatio Seymour, Samuel J. Tilden, Grover Cleveland, and especially with David B. Hill. In 1879 and again in 1881, he led the Brooklyn delegation to the stateconvention. His most successful years in Brooklyn politics were the years 1886 to 1894. In 1881, he had to face a serious revolt led by Thomas Kinsella and handed in one of his famous resignations as boss there were three altogether. During the years following 1893, Judge William J. Gaynor, John Y. Kane, Patrick McCarren, and Charles F. Murphy proved thorns in the flesh. "Commissioner" Murphy, of Tammany Hall, desiring to control the political affairs of the entire city of which Brooklyn had become a part, inspired McCarren to declare war on McLaughlin and caused the latter's retirement in 1903.
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McLaughlin lived simply and regularly, read the newspapers faithfully, greatly enjoyed the theatre, spoke rarely but fluently, and was unceasingly active, even whittling, and soaking stamps off old letters. Although apparently mild and quiet, he was actually stubborn, stern, and exacting. He devoted himself to fishing, hunting, and fancy dogs, spending from one to six months each year fishing from Maine to Florida and hunting in the Adirondacks. In spite of few visible business connections he had a shrewd business head, particularly in the field of real estate, and accumulated a fortune of almost three million dollars. Both he and his wife gave generously to hospitals, orphanages, and to poor Irish folks, and they were unusually active in the Roman Catholic Church. Shortly before his death he presented Saint James' procathedral with a $15, 000 marble altar.
In 1862, McLaughlin married Sarah Ellen Kays, daughter of a Dutch farmer of New Jersey. They had four children.