Edward V. Loughlin
The day Loughlin became Tammany Leader he resigned as Secretary to Supreme Court Justice Ferdinand Pecora.
[3] At the height of his influence in the mid 1940s, Loughlin was credited with handpicking William O'Dwyer as the 100th mayor of New York City.
[4] On December 5, 1944, Loughlin indicated that Tammany Hall would choose next year's Democratic nomination for Mayor of New York City.
On August 17, 1944, Chicago Mayor Edward J Kelly flew to New York to confer with Loughlin at Tammany headquarters at 331 Madison Ave. to discuss current political and social issues.
On October 1, 1944, President Roosevelt visited New York City to participate in a ticker tape parade in his honor.
Despite a steady rain and advice from his doctors, Roosevelt insisted an open car to drive through New York City.
[7] Tammany Leader Loughlin and his choices for Delegates to attend the Democratic National Convention were unanimous in the renomination of Roosevelt.
While in Washington D.C., Loughlin met with Democratic party leaders from around the country, where he called for the drafting of President Roosevelt to a 4th term.
We believe he must run regardless of his personal wishes because the people need him, the soldiers, sailors and marines need him as Commander in Chief and a gravely troubled world needs his wisdom and expertise in the planning of an enduring peace."
[9] President Truman routinely requested Loughlin's company at the White House for advice on a myriad of social and political issues.
He then devoted the majority of his time to his law firm located at 295 Madison Avenue in New York City, and remained politically active until he died in 1969.
On the maternal side Miss Lessing is a descendant of Colonel John Nielson, an officer in the Revolutionary War, and the niece of Sir Herbert Graves, past Chief Justice of the British West Indies.
In Loughlin's later years, he enjoyed spending time at his family home in Bellport, Long Island with his children and many grandchildren.
Summers were spent at the Swordfish Club in Westhampton where his grandchildren learned how to swim, dive and frolic in the Atlantic Ocean.
