Michael E. Finnigan

Michael E. Finnigan (1842 – November 29, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life Finnigan was born in 1842 and 1894. While in the Assembly he introduced one bill for the annexation of New Utrecht to Brooklyn, and another that allowed all the towns in Kings County to vote on if they should be annexed to Brooklyn. He also secured passage of a bill that created the Block Indexing System, and when he was later appointed Superintendent of the Records he helped put the new system in place. He was a member of the Carleton Club, the Constitution Club, the Emerald Society, the St. Patrick Society, the Society of Old Brooklynites, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, and the Royal Arcanum. He also served as a member of the Kings County Democratic General Committee.

Finnigan died at home in Manhattan Beach on November 29, 1920. He was buried in St. John Cemetery.