De Witt Clinton Flanagan (December 28, 1870, New York City – January 15, 1946, Utica, New York) was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who briefly represented the 4th congressional district from 1902 to 1903.

De Witt Clinton Flanagan
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 4th district
In office
June 18, 1902 – March 3, 1903
Preceded byJoshua S. Salmon
Succeeded byWilliam M. Lanning
Personal details
BornDecember 28, 1870
New York City, USA
DiedJanuary 15, 1946 (aged 75)
Utica, New York, USA
Political partyDemocratic
ProfessionPolitician

Early life and career

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Flanagan was born in New York City on December 28, 1870. He attended the Callison and Woodbridge private schools and Columbia College.

He pursued a commercial career, with interests in a number of industrial enterprises.

Congress

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He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joshua S. Salmon, and served in office from June 18, 1902, to March 3, 1903.

Later career and death

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After leaving Congress, he was a delegate to the 1904 Democratic National Convention.[citation needed]

Together with August Belmont, he was one of the organizers of the Boston, Cape Cod & New York Canal Co., which built and operated the Cape Cod Canal.[1] He engaged in the agricultural and civic development of Baldwin County, Alabama.[citation needed]

He died in Utica, New York on January 15, 1946, and was interred in the family mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York.

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Notes

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  This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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  • United States Congress. "De Witt C. Flanagan (id: F000185)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • De Witt Clinton Flanagan at The Political Graveyard
  • De Witt C. Flanagan at Find a Grave
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 4th congressional district

June 18, 1902–March 3, 1903
Succeeded by