Edward Francis Cavanagh, Jr.

Edward Francis Cavanagh, Jr. (August 18, 1906 – June 17, 1986) was appointed the 18th Fire Commissioner of the City of New York by Mayor Robert F. Wagner on January 1, 1954 and served in that position until his resignation on December 31, 1961. He died in 1986 at Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown, New Jersey.^[1]

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1. Pace, Eric (June 19, 1986). "Edward Cavanagh, Jr. Dies". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-03-25. Edward F. Cavanagh Jr., an innovative New York City Fire Commissioner and later a Deputy Mayor, died Tuesday in Morristown (N.J.) Memorial Hospital after suffering a stroke. He was 79 years old and lived in Boca Raton, Fla. When Mayor Robert F. Wagner, a close friend, named Mr. Cavanagh, ...