Michael E. Driscoll
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Michael Edward Driscoll (February 9, 1851 - January 19, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Syracuse, New York, Driscoll moved with his parents to the town of Camillus, Onondaga County, in 1852. He attended the district schools, Monro Collegiate Institute, in Elbridge, Onondaga County, and was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1877. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced practice in Syracuse, New York, the same year. He was appointed one of five commissioners to draft a uniform charter for second-class cities in the State. He was appointed attorney for the State superintendent of insurance in 1905. He served as member of the Taft party that visited the Philippine Islands and Asian countries in 1905. He served as chairman of the Republican State Convention in 1906.
Driscoll was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1913). He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 3 (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress. He engaged in the practice of law, traveling, and lecturing on his travels. He died in Syracuse, New York, January 19, 1929. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.
