Background
James M. Fitzpatrick was born in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts on June 27, 1869.
United States representative politician
James M. Fitzpatrick was born in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts on June 27, 1869.
He attended school in Massachusetts and worked in the cotton mills and iron ore mines of West Stockbridge.
In 1926 he was elected to Congress and served nine terms, March 4, 1927 to January 3, 1945. Fitzpatrick did not run for reelection in 1944 and retired to New York City. He died there on April 10, 1849 and was buried in Saint Raymond"s Cemetery.
Fitzpatrick served as a Commissioner of Street Openings and Improvements for the Bronx in 1919, and a member of the New York City Board of Aldermen from 1919 to 1927.