Career
He died days before receiving word he was nominated to be the first Mayor of Syracuse and thus never served. Born in Cork, County Cork, Ireland, son of Dennis McCarthy and Elizabeth McSweeney, he was bound as an apprentice draper in Dublin at the age of 14. McCarthy settled in Salt Point, Onondaga County, New York where he opened a small store and manufactured salt.
In 1847 he traveled to Florida to recover from an illness.
He died on January 30, 1848 just days before a letter arrived nominating him to be the first Mayor of Syracuse, New New York
