John Cooney (June 9, 1836 – January 20, 1894) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
Cooney was born on June 9, 1836, in Albany, New York. He was of Irish descent.[1]
Cooney attended The Albany Academy. He moved to Brooklyn in 1855 and was admitted to the bar two years later. He studied law under James T. Brady and defended a large number of murder cases.[2]
A Democrat, Cooney was elected in 1889 to the New York State Assembly, representing the Kings County 3rd District. He served in the Assembly in 1890, 1891, 1892,[1] and 1893.[3]
He was an elected delegate to the 1894 New York Constitutional Convention, but he died before the convention.[4]
Cooney died of pneumonia on January 20, 1894, in his home at 189 Dean Street. He was in poor health for at least a year beforehand. He was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery.[5]