title: Thomas F. Magner
text: # Thomas F. Magner
  
  Thomas Francis Magner (March 8, 1860 – December 22, 1945) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1889 to 1895.
  
  He was an uncle of John Francis Carew.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Born in Brooklyn, New York, Magner attended the public schools. He graduated from St. Xavier College in 1880 and from Columbia University, New York City, in 1882. He taught in a public school in Brooklyn. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1883 and commenced practice in Brooklyn, New York, the same year.
  
  ### Political career
  
  He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 6th D.) in 1888.
  
  **Congress**
  
  Magner was elected as a Democrat to the 51st, 52nd and 53rd United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1889, to March 3, 1895.
  
  ### Later career and death
  
  He resumed the practice of law, and served as corporation counsel of the Borough of Brooklyn from 1913 to 1917.
  
  He died, after a long illness, in the Hotel Bossert, Brooklyn, New York on December 22, 1945. He was interred in Holy Cross Cemetery.
  
  ## Sources
  
  * United States Congress. "Thomas F. Magner (id: M000051)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  * ↑ "Thomas F. Magner, 85, Ex-Congressman, Dies". The New York Times. New York City. The New York Times Company. 23 December 1945. p. 17.
  
  New York State Assembly :
  
  | Preceded byThomas F. Farrell | New York State Assembly Kings County, 6th District 1888 | Succeeded byPatrick H. McCarren |
  | - | - | - |
  | U.S. House of Representatives |||
  | Preceded byArchibald M. Bliss | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 5th congressional district 1889–1893 | Succeeded byJohn H. Graham |
  | Preceded byJohn R. Fellows | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 6th congressional district 1893–1895 | Succeeded byJames R. Howe |
  