William O ' Dwyer ( July 11, 1890November 24, 1964 ) was the 100th Mayor of New York City, holding that office from 1946 to 1950.

O ' Dwyer was born in County Mayo, Ireland and studied in St. Nathys College, Ballaghaderren.

After losing the mayoral election to Fiorello La Guardia in 1941, O ' Dwyer enlisted in the US Army, achieving the rank of brigadier general.

In 1945, O ' Dwyer received the nomination of the Tammany Hall Democrats and easily won the mayoral election.

At his inauguration, O ' Dwyer celebrated to the song, " It's a Great Day for the Irish ," and addressed the 700 people gathered in Council Chambers at City Hall: " It is our high purpose to devote our whole time, our whole energy to do good work ..." He established the Office of City Construction Coordinator, appointing Robert Moses to the post, worked to have the permanent home of the United Nations located in Manhattan, presided over the first billion-dollar New York City budget, created a traffic department and raised the subway fare from five cents to ten cents.

In 1948, O ' Dwyer received The Hundred Year Association of New York's Gold Medal Award " in recognition of outstanding contributions to the City of New York.

Shortly after his re-election to the mayoralty in 1949, O ' Dwyer was confronted with a police corruption scandal uncovered by the Kings County District Attorney, Miles McDonald.

O ' Dwyer's brother Paul O ' Dwyer was also a New York City politician, and served as the then-city-wide elected position of City Council President from 1974 through 1977.

William O ' Dwyer died in New York City on November 24, 1964, in Beth Israel Hospital, at the age of 74 of heart failure.

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In 1945, Mayor William O ' Dwyer picked Impellitteri to run for President of the City Council on the Tammany Hall slate.

On August 31, 1950, O ' Dwyer, pursued by both federal and state investigators, was suddenly appointed by President Harry S. Truman as ambassador to Mexico, where he would be beyond the reach of officials who wanted his public testimony in several matters on which he preferred not to speak.

Under the City Charter of the day, when O ' Dwyer resigned, City Council President Impellitteri became acting mayor.

This famous scandal caused Impellitteri to vigorously support the Brooklyn District Attorney, Miles McDonald, and fire everyone who had been associated with former Mayor William O ' Dwyer.

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, Teterboro's Borough Council consists of Mayor John P. Watt, James O ' Dwyer, Juan Ramirez, Gregory Stein and John B. Watt.

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Historian and journalist T. Ryle Dwyer has called him " the most popular Irish politician since Daniel O ' Connell.

“ A series of online professional development courses that focus on specific content and target student learning needs can have positive effects on teacher knowledge and instructional practices ,” said Boston College Associate Professor of Education Laura O ’ Dwyer.

While in custody, Rudolph talked with Brooklyn District Attorney William O ' Dwyer.

With Rudolph's testimony, O ' Dwyer secured first-degree murder indictments against Abe Reles, Martin Goldstein and Anthony Maffetore.

Richard Mulcahy, the Minister for Defence, resigned and O ' Higgins was victorious in a very public power struggle within Cumann na nGaedheal.

O ' Malley resigned from the Cabinet prior to the vote as he was going to vote against Haughey.

O ' Neylle with most of the Aragonese troops was organized behind the city, on the road to Zaragoza, awaiting orders from General Brown who resigned in command in this supreme moment.

When de Valera resigned as President of the Republic on 6 January 1922, O ' Kelly returned from Paris to Ireland to try to negotiate a compromise, whereby de Valera could return to the presidency.

In 2003, Roy E. Disney, the son of Disney co-founder Roy O. Disney and nephew of Walt Disney, resigned from his positions as Disney vice chairman and chairman of Walt Disney Features.

Sir Phelim O ' Neill resigned the northern command of the Irish rebellion in Owen Roe's favour, and escorted him from Lough Swilly to Charlemont.

By 1891 O ' Connor had much experience in harbour and dock construction when he resigned his position in April that year to become Engineer-in-Chief of Western Australia.

In 1975, he resigned as co-pastor of the Holy Temple and withdrew his membership in COGIC because he disagreed with Bishop J. O.

After having lost the sub-editors for A, I, J, N, O, P & W through his irascibility or caprice, he finally resigned.

Seven men have resigned the office of governor before the end of their terms — John J. Crittenden, Beriah Magoffin, John W. Stevenson, Augustus O. Stanley, Happy Chandler, Earle C. Clements, and Wendell H. Ford.

When Michael O ' Leary resigned as Party leader after the February 1982 general election, Spring allowed his name go forward in the leadership contest.

O ' Dell resigned his post of chairman and chief executive of Diebold on 12 December 2005 following reports that the company was facing securities fraud litigation surrounding charges of insider trading.

He was appointed on 1 July 1981 as a Member of the European Parliament ( MEP ) for Dublin, replacing Michael O ' Leary, who had resigned the seat after succeeding Cluskey as Labour leader.

In September 1934 O ' Duffy suddenly and unexpectedly resigned as leader of Fine Gael as his extreme views and poor judgement became an embarrassment to his party.

O ' Rourke has criticised former Taoiseach Brian Cowen, saying that he should have resigned after his infamous " congested " radio interview.

The following day, however, Cowen forced the resignation from cabinet of three more Fianna Fáil ministers, Noel Dempsey, Dermot Ahern, Tony Killeen as well as independent minister Mary Harney ; the day after that, another minister, Batt O ' Keefe, resigned.

After several years of rivalry and much fighting between the two relatives, Turlough resigned the headship of the clan in favour of Hugh, who was inaugurated O ’ Neill in 1593.

O ' Donoghue resigned his position of Ceann Comhairle on 13 October 2009.

After Vick officially resigned from the WBF, he and Noel Smith, W. E. Dowell Sr., R. O. Woodworth, Fred Donnelson, and other pastors met in the Texas Hotel and laid groundwork for a new fellowship.

In December 2011, Scott Bateman, President and C. E. O, abruptly resigned his position with First Air.

When he resigned from Parliament in 2009 he was replaced from the party list by Damien O ' Connor.

He was appointed chairman of the board of Aer Rianta in 1990 under the Haughey government, but resigned in October 1991 amid the scandal over the purchase of the Johnston Mooney & O ' Brien site by Telecom Eireann.

Tony O ' Reilly resigned as Chairman and was replaced by Pierre Danon, previously of BT Group plc and JP Morgan Chase.