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Encyclopedia > Joseph Crowley
Joseph Crowley
Joseph Crowley

In office
1999 - present
Preceded by Thomas Manton
Succeeded by Incumbent

Born March 16, 1962
New York City, New York
Political party Democratic
Spouse Kasey Nilson
Religion Roman Catholic

Joseph Crowley (born March 16, 1962) is a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of New York, currently the representing the state's 7th Congressional district (see map) in the United States House of Representatives. Image File history File linksMetadata JosephCrowley. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... New Yorks Seventh Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Thomas J. Manton (1932- ) was a Democratic congressman from New York. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in leap years). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... New York, New York redirects here. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in leap years). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries â€¢ Politics Portal      A state of the United States is any one of the fifty subnational entities referred to... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ...


The district encompasses portions of Queens and the Bronx. It includes neighborhoods such as Woodside, Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst and College Point in Queens as well as the neighborhoods of Castle Hill, Co-op City, Parkchester, Throgs Neck, Morris Park, Pelham Parkway, Pelham Bay, and City Island in the eastern Bronx. Queens Borough in New York City, in yellow This article is about the New York City borough. ... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of United States. ... Queens, the most ethnically diverse county in the United States, is geographically the largest of the five boroughs of New York City. ... English Home in Historical Jackson Heights Jackson Heights is a neighborhood in north-western Queens, New York City, USA Jackson Heights is an urbane melting pot with many ethnic populations. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with East Elmhurst. ... College Point is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. ... Queens Borough in New York City, in yellow This article is about the New York City borough. ... Castle Hill is a neighborhood located in the New York City borough of The Bronx. ... Co-op City is a housing development located in the northeastern Bronx at the intersection of I-95 and the Hutchinson River Parkway. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Throgs Neck, shown in red, in the Bronx, New York City Throgs Neck (sometimes spelled Throggs Neck) is a narrow spit of land in the southeastern Bronx in New York City. ... Morris Park is a residential, working- and middle-class, and Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, New York City. ... Pelham Bay is a neighborhood in the Bronx, in New York City. ... There are four places called City Island in the United States: City Island, New York City Island, Florida Daytona Beach and Sarasota. ... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of United States. ...


Crowley received a "B" on the Drum Major Institute's 2005 Congressional Scorecard on middle-class issues. The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy is a non-partisan, non-profit policy institute founded during the civil rights movement. ...


Crowley was born in New York City, the son of an Irish-American father and an immigrant Catholic mother from County Armagh, Northern Ireland. A paternal uncle was also a politician. Joseph Crowley attended private New York City Roman Catholic schools and graduated from Queens College was a degree in political science. Crowley is married to his wife Kasey and has two children Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Armagh Area: 1,254 km² Population (est. ... Motto: (Latin for Who will separate us?)[1] Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, Northern Ireland Sign LanguageIrish Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of... Queens College, Queens College or Queens College is the name of more than one institution, see: Queens College, Cambridge Queens College, Charlotte Queens College, Hong Kong Queens College, London Queens College, New York Queens College, Nassau The Queens College, Oxford Queens College was the...


In 1986, aged 24, he was elected to the New York State Assembly. Crowley was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998. Since being elected to Congress, he has yet to face a legitimate challenge for his seat.


A cousin of the congressman, (New York City firefighter John Moran), was killed as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... It has been suggested that Firefighter Assist and Search Team be merged into this article or section. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...

Preceded by
Thomas J. Manton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 7th congressional district

1999–
Succeeded by
Incumbent

Thomas J. Manton (1932- ) was a Democratic congressman from New York. ... Gary Ackerman - Website - New York 5th Timothy Bishop - Website - New York 1st Sherwood L. Boehlert - Website - New York 24th Joseph Crowley - Website - New York 7th Eliot Engel - Website - New York 17th Vito Fossella - Website - New York 13th Maurice Hinchey - Website - New York 22nd Steve Israel - Website - New York 2nd Sue... New Yorks Seventh Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. ...

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  Results from FactBites:
 
John Crowley Website (1448 words)
John Crowley, the son of Dr. Joseph B. Crowley and Patience (Lyon) Crowley was born December 1, 1942 in Presque Isle, Maine, where his father was stationed as a captain in the Army Air Corps.
Crowley first conceived of Little Big around this time, a novel that would be a family chronicle extending from the past into the future, with it all wound around the family's own private religion.
Crowley began a correspondence with Harold Bloom, and their mutual appreciation would lead in 1993 to Crowley taking up a post at Yale University where he still continues to teach courses in Utopian fiction, fiction writing and screenplay writing.
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