File:James Patrick Holland (1865-1941) obituary in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Brooklyn, New York on 10 November 1941.jpg

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James P. Holland, Headed Labor Body. Ex-President of State Federation Was 76. Funeral services for James P. Holland, 76, of 108-14 Washington Ave., Rockaway Beach, former president of the New York State Federation of Labor, who died yesterday after a brief Illness at his home, will be held Wednesday with a solemn mass of requiem at 10 a.m. in St. Camillus R. C. Church, in Rockaway Beach. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Mr. Holland also served a member of the City Board of Standards and Appeals under former Mayors John F. Hylan and James J. Walker, and was appointed as the representative of labor to the City-Charter Revision Commission of 1934. A prominent figure in labor circles for more than 40 years, he served as president of the State Federation of Labor from 1914 to 1926. Mr. Holland had been active in politics for many years and was a fireman by trade. He became a delegate of the old Firemen's Union at an early age. He supported Mayor Hylan' during most of his administration. When the Board of Appeals and the Board of Standards were united by Mayor Hyian, and the personnel re rinr'eH fr'nm 'n fZ. w. he was dropped from the board by the Mayor and subsequently I threw his influence to Mr. Walker against Mayor Hylan in the primary light in 1925. In 1926, when he was appointed to the board by Mayor Walker, Mr. Holland resigned his post as president of the State A. F. L. He was then elected vice president of the State federation and continued as a member of its executive council. Mr. Holland was born on Jan. 6. 1865, in Elizabeth, N. J., and moved to New York when he was 20 years old. He was first employed as a fireman with the old Kips Bay Brewing Company and later worked in a similar capacity with other brewing organizations. Mr. Holland was a charter member and a director of the old Federation Bank of New York, now the Federation Bank and Trust Company, 8th Ave. and 34th St., Manhattan. He was a member of the Rockaway Board of Trade and the Seaside Taxpayers Association, in Queens. His second wife, Mrs. Mae Tucker Holland, survives.

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James P. Holland, Headed Labor Body. Ex-President of State Federation Was 76. Funeral services for [[w:James P. Holland]|James Patrick Holland]], 76, of 108-14 Washington Ave., Rockaway Beach, former president of the New York State Federation of Labor, who died yesterday after a brief Illness at his home, will be held Wednesday with a solemn mass of requiem at 10 a.m. in St. Camillus R. C. Church, in Rockaway Beach. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Mr. Holland also served a member of the City Board of Standards and Appeals under former Mayors John Francis Hylan and James John Walker, and was appointed as the representative of labor to the City-Charter Revision Commission of 1934. A prominent figure in labor circles for more than 40 years, he served as president of the State Federation of Labor from 1914 to 1926. Mr. Holland had been active in politics for many years and was a fireman by trade. He became a delegate of the old Firemen's Union at an early age. He supported Mayor Hylan during most of his administration. When the Board of Appeals and the Board of Standards were united by Mayor Hylan, and the personnel reduced from 13 to 5 members, he was dropped from the board by the Mayor and subsequently threw his influence to Mr. Walker against Mayor Hylan in the primary fight in 1925. In 1926, when he was appointed to the board by Mayor Walker, Mr. Holland resigned his post as president of the State A. F. L. He was then elected vice president of the State federation and continued as a member of its executive council. Mr. Holland was born on January 6, 1865, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and moved to New York when he was 20 years old. He was first employed as a fireman with the old Kips Bay Brewing Company and later worked in a similar capacity with other brewing organizations. Mr. Holland was a charter member and a director of the old Federation Bank of New York, now the Federation Bank and Trust Company, 8th Avenue and 34th Street, Manhattan. He was a member of the Rockaway Board of Trade and the Seaside Taxpayers Association, in Queens. His second wife, Mrs. Mae Tucker Holland, survives.

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