George P. Monaghan

{{Infobox officeholder |name = George P. Monaghan |image = |image_size = |caption = |order = 16th |office = New York City Fire Commissioner |appointer = Vincent Richard Impellitteri |term_start = December 6, 1950 |term_end = July 18, 1951 |predecessor = Frank J. Quayle |successor = Jacob Grumet |order2 = 8th |office2 = New York City Police Commissioner |appointer2 = Vincent Richard Impellitteri |term_start2 = 1951 |term_end2 = 1953 |predecessor2 = Thomas Francis Murphy |successor2 = Francis William Holbrooke Adams |order3 = |office3 = Harness-Racing Commissioner |appointer3 = |term_start3 = 1953 |term_end3 = 1954 |predecessor3 = |successor3 = |birth_date = {{birth date|1901|6|10}} |birth_place = Canandaigua, New York, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1986|9|6|1901|6|10}} |death_place = The Bronx, New York, U.S. |resting_place = |spouse = |relations = |children = |alma_mater = }} '''George Patrick Monaghan''' (June 10, 1901 – September 6, 1986) was an American lawyer, fire commissioner and police commissioner.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/07/obituaries/george-monaghan-85-dead-ex-harness-racing-official.html | work=The New York Times | first=Wolfgang | last=Saxon | title=George Monaghan, 85, Dead Ex-Harness Racing Official | date=September 7, 1986}}</ref>

==Biography== He was an assistant district attorney in Manhattan. Among the cases in which he appeared for the prosecution was the trial of John M. Dunn for the murder of Andy Hintz. He was appointed the 16th Fire Commissioner of the City of New York by Mayor Vincent Richard Impellitteri on December 6, 1950 and served in that position until July 18, 1951 when he resigned to accept an appointment as New York City Police Commissioner to replace Thomas Francis Murphy. In 1953 he was appointed sole Harness-Racing Commissioner when Governor Dewey abolished the earlier three-man Harness-Racing Commission.<ref>{{cite news |title=Monaghan Named Czar Of N. Y. Harness Racing |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/887737222.html?dids=887737222:887737222&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+22,+1953&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Monaghan+Named+Czar+Of+N.+Y.+Harness+Racing&pqatl=google |work=Associated Press in the Hartford Courant |date=December 22, 1953 |access-date=2010-03-25 |archive-date=2012-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026025055/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/887737222.html?dids=887737222:887737222&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+22,+1953&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Monaghan+Named+Czar+Of+N.+Y.+Harness+Racing&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-civ|fir}} {{succession box| before=Frank J. Quayle| title=FDNY Commissioner| years=1950–1951 | after=Jacob B. Grumet}} {{s-civ|pol}} {{succession box| before=Thomas Francis Murphy| title=NYPD Commissioner| years=1951–1953 | after=Francis W. H. Adams}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Monaghan, George, P.}} Category:Commissioners of the New York City Fire Department Category:New York City police commissioners Category:New York (state) lawyers Category:1901 births Category:1986 deaths Category:20th-century American lawyers