About Walter L. Durack
Lived 1857 – 1918 (aged 60–61). Walter L. Durack was an American politician and judge.
Walter Lysaght Durack (July 9, 1857 – December 14, 1918) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge in New York.
Life Durack was born on July 9, 1857, in New York City. He was the son of Michael and Mary Durack.
In 1892, Durack was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Democrat, representing the Kings County 16th District. He served in the Assembly in 1893. He was elected a city magistrate at-large in 1901, but after serving for about a year the New York Court of Appeals ruled he and several others were not legally entitled to hold the position. In 1913, he unsuccessfully ran for County Clerk.
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