Edwin Benedict Dooley (April 13, 1905 – January 25, 1982) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

[12] After leaving Congress, Dooley returned to his career in public relations and worked as a lobbyist in Washington, D.C. From 1966 to 1975 he served as chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission.

In this role, he generated controversy when he suspended the boxing license of Muhammad Ali for refusing to be drafted into the Army.

In 1972, he changed the policy on access for women sports journalists, permitting them to occupy seats reserved for the press and to enter dressing rooms provided that male athletes were properly attired.

[14] He was cremated, and his ashes were scattered at the family grave site in Hawthorne's Gate of Heaven Cemetery.