Charles B. McLaughlin

Charles B. McLaughlin (1884 – December 8, 1947) was the Bronx County District Attorney from 1930 to 1933 and a justice of the New York State Supreme Court from 1933 until his death in 1948.

[1] He returned to private practice in 1921, but ran for election as Bronx County District Attorney with the backing of the Democratic Party in 1929, and won.

[1][2] After being sworn in as district attorney on January 1, 1930,[3] during his term he paid particular attention to fighting organized crime and racketeering in the building construction industry.

He was re-elected on the Democratic, Republican, Liberal, and American Labor party lines in November 1947,[7] but died a month later, before his second term started.

[1] McLaughlin died on December 8, 1947, at his home at 2613 Grand Avenue in the Bronx, and is buried in Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.