Thomas Kinsella (New York) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Thomas Kinsella was a United States Representative from New York

New York

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. Born in County Wexford, Ireland, he immigrated to the United States and settled in New York City

New York City

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, where he attended the common schools. He moved to Cambridge, New York

Cambridge, New York

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in 1851 and learned the printer's trade; he worked for the Cambridge Post, and moved to Brooklyn in 1858, becoming editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on September 7, 1861. He was postmaster

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of Brooklyn in 1866, and was a member of the city water commission and board of education.

Kinsella was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress, holding office from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873.