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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
McAvoy was born in New York, the son of John V. McAvoy, a Justice on the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, and Marian Newcomb.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 13, 1937 |title=Justice John V. McAvoy of Appellate Division |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news/39312954/ |work=Daily News |pages=162}}</ref> McAvoy came from a family that was influential in New York politics, with his grandfather Thomas McAvoy having been an ally of Tammany Hall head Charles F. Murphy.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 6, 1941 |title=Welfare Official Denies Link to Communists |url=https://newscomwc.newspapers.com/image/52610032 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |pages=3}}</ref> As a child, McAvoy studied violin with the conductor Alexander Bloch.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=New York City |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Violinist/t6pGAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Clifford+McAvoy%22&pg=PA240&printsec=frontcover |journal=The Violinist |volume=XXI |issue=6 |pages=240}}</ref> McAvoy never joined the Communist Party.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Stepan-Norris |first=Judith |last2=Zeitlin |first2=Maurice |date=1991 |title=‘Red’ Unions and ‘Bourgeois’ Contracts? |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/2781339 |journal=American Journal of Sociology |volume=96 |issue=5 |pages=1187 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> He was involved with the American Labor Party soon after its founding in 1936. Fiorello LaGuardia unsuccessfully attempted to convince the party to nominate McAvoy as its candidate to succeed Baruch Vladeck in 1938.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 22, 1938 |title=American Labor Party Unable to Select |url=https://newscomwc.newspapers.com/image/543631754 |work=The Brooklyn Citizen |pages=4}}</ref> Nevertheless, he resiged from his position as Deputy Welfare Commissioner in 1941, following accusations of Communist sympathies.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 17, 1941 |title=McAvoy Ousted as Hodson Aide |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |pages=1}}</ref> He then served as the Washington representative for the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Filippelli |first=Ronald L. |title=Cold war in the working class: the rise and decline of the United Electrical Workers |last2=MacColloch |first2=Mark D. |date=1995 |publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-0-7914-2182-6 |series=SUNY series in American labour history |location=Albany, N.Y}}</ref> In 1951, McAvoy was the [[American Labor Party]]'s candidate for city council president, and received 6.1% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Third Parties in America |publisher=Sharpe Reference |year=2000 |editor-last=Ness |editor-first=Immanuel |pages=142 |editor-last2=Ciment |editor-first2=James}}</ref> In 1953 he was the ALP's candidate for mayor of New York and received only 54,000 votes.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Schaffer |first=Alan |title=Vito Marcantonio, radical in Congress |date=1966 |publisher=Syracuse University Press |pages=209}}</ref> Following McAvoy's unsuccessful electoral performance, [[Vito Marcantonio]] resigned from the ALP.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Meyer |first=Gerald |title=Vito Marcantonio: Radical politician, 1902-1954 |publisher=State University of New York Press |year=1989 |isbn=0791400824 |pages=83}}</ref> In the 1956 election, McAvoy supported the Socialist Workers Party presidential candidates Farrell Dobbs and Myra Tanner Weiss.<ref>{{Cite book |title=U.S. Trotskyism 1928-1965. Part III: Resurgence |pages=137}}</ref> McAvoy was the chairman of the Conference on Pan-American Democracy.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gosse |first=Van |title=Where the boys are: Cuba, Cold War America and the making of a New Left |date=1993 |publisher=Verso |isbn=978-0-86091-690-1 |series=Haymarket series |location=London}}</ref> He died of nephritis on August 9, 1957.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Clifford McAvoy Dies at 52 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_American_Socialist/rcVLAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=%22Clifford%20McAvoy%22 |journal=The American Socialist}}</ref>
McAvoy was born in New York, the son of John V. McAvoy, a Justice on the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, and Marian Newcomb.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 13, 1937 |title=Justice John V. McAvoy of Appellate Division |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news/39312954/ |work=Daily News |pages=162}}</ref> McAvoy came from a family that was influential in New York politics, with his grandfather Thomas McAvoy having been an ally of Tammany Hall head Charles F. Murphy.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 6, 1941 |title=Welfare Official Denies Link to Communists |url=https://newscomwc.newspapers.com/image/52610032 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |pages=3}}</ref> As a child, McAvoy studied violin with the conductor Alexander Bloch.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=New York City |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Violinist/t6pGAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Clifford+McAvoy%22&pg=PA240&printsec=frontcover |journal=The Violinist |volume=XXI |issue=6 |pages=240}}</ref> McAvoy never joined the Communist Party.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Stepan-Norris |first=Judith |last2=Zeitlin |first2=Maurice |date=1991 |title=‘Red’ Unions and ‘Bourgeois’ Contracts? |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/2781339 |journal=American Journal of Sociology |volume=96 |issue=5 |pages=1187 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> He was involved with the American Labor Party soon after its founding in 1936. Fiorello LaGuardia unsuccessfully attempted to convince the party to nominate McAvoy as its candidate to succeed Baruch Vladeck in 1938.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 22, 1938 |title=American Labor Party Unable to Select |url=https://newscomwc.newspapers.com/image/543631754 |work=The Brooklyn Citizen |pages=4}}</ref> Nevertheless, he resiged from his position as Deputy Welfare Commissioner in 1941, following accusations of Communist sympathies.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 17, 1941 |title=McAvoy Ousted as Hodson Aide |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |pages=1}}</ref> He then served as the Washington representative for the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Filippelli |first=Ronald L. |title=Cold war in the working class: the rise and decline of the United Electrical Workers |last2=MacColloch |first2=Mark D. |date=1995 |publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-0-7914-2182-6 |series=SUNY series in American labour history |location=Albany, N.Y}}</ref> He resigned from this position in 1948 in order to support Henry Wallace's campaign, arguing that Truman had "reversed the progressive foreign and domestic policies of FDR".<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 18, 1948 |title=CIO Representative Resigns from Post to Support Wallace |url=https://newscomwc.newspapers.com/image/66105576/ |work=The Gazette and Daily |pages=2}}</ref> In 1951, McAvoy was the [[American Labor Party]]'s candidate for city council president, and received 6.1% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Third Parties in America |publisher=Sharpe Reference |year=2000 |editor-last=Ness |editor-first=Immanuel |pages=142 |editor-last2=Ciment |editor-first2=James}}</ref> In 1953 he was the ALP's candidate for mayor of New York and received only 54,000 votes.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Schaffer |first=Alan |title=Vito Marcantonio, radical in Congress |date=1966 |publisher=Syracuse University Press |pages=209}}</ref> Following McAvoy's unsuccessful electoral performance, [[Vito Marcantonio]] resigned from the ALP.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Meyer |first=Gerald |title=Vito Marcantonio: Radical politician, 1902-1954 |publisher=State University of New York Press |year=1989 |isbn=0791400824 |pages=83}}</ref> In the 1956 election, McAvoy supported the Socialist Workers Party presidential candidates Farrell Dobbs and Myra Tanner Weiss.<ref>{{Cite book |title=U.S. Trotskyism 1928-1965. Part III: Resurgence |pages=137}}</ref> McAvoy was the chairman of the Conference on Pan-American Democracy.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gosse |first=Van |title=Where the boys are: Cuba, Cold War America and the making of a New Left |date=1993 |publisher=Verso |isbn=978-0-86091-690-1 |series=Haymarket series |location=London}}</ref> He died of nephritis on August 9, 1957.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Clifford McAvoy Dies at 52 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_American_Socialist/rcVLAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=%22Clifford%20McAvoy%22 |journal=The American Socialist}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==

Revision as of 20:19, 28 June 2024


Clifford T. McAvoy was an American politician and activist with the American Labor Party.

Biography

McAvoy was born in New York, the son of John V. McAvoy, a Justice on the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, and Marian Newcomb.[1] McAvoy came from a family that was influential in New York politics, with his grandfather Thomas McAvoy having been an ally of Tammany Hall head Charles F. Murphy.[2] As a child, McAvoy studied violin with the conductor Alexander Bloch.[3] McAvoy never joined the Communist Party.[4] He was involved with the American Labor Party soon after its founding in 1936. Fiorello LaGuardia unsuccessfully attempted to convince the party to nominate McAvoy as its candidate to succeed Baruch Vladeck in 1938.[5] Nevertheless, he resiged from his position as Deputy Welfare Commissioner in 1941, following accusations of Communist sympathies.[6] He then served as the Washington representative for the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America.[7] He resigned from this position in 1948 in order to support Henry Wallace's campaign, arguing that Truman had "reversed the progressive foreign and domestic policies of FDR".[8] In 1951, McAvoy was the American Labor Party's candidate for city council president, and received 6.1% of the vote.[9] In 1953 he was the ALP's candidate for mayor of New York and received only 54,000 votes.[10] Following McAvoy's unsuccessful electoral performance, Vito Marcantonio resigned from the ALP.[11] In the 1956 election, McAvoy supported the Socialist Workers Party presidential candidates Farrell Dobbs and Myra Tanner Weiss.[12] McAvoy was the chairman of the Conference on Pan-American Democracy.[13] He died of nephritis on August 9, 1957.[14]

Personal life

He married Frances Boardman Chisholm in 1930. They divorced in 1949.[15] He later married Susan B. Anthony II.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Justice John V. McAvoy of Appellate Division". Daily News. April 13, 1937. p. 162.
  2. ^ "Welfare Official Denies Link to Communists". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. March 6, 1941. p. 3.
  3. ^ "New York City". The Violinist. XXI (6): 240.
  4. ^ Stepan-Norris, Judith; Zeitlin, Maurice (1991). "'Red' Unions and 'Bourgeois' Contracts?". American Journal of Sociology. 96 (5): 1187 – via JSTOR.
  5. ^ "American Labor Party Unable to Select". The Brooklyn Citizen. November 22, 1938. p. 4.
  6. ^ "McAvoy Ousted as Hodson Aide". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 17, 1941. p. 1.
  7. ^ Filippelli, Ronald L.; MacColloch, Mark D. (1995). Cold war in the working class: the rise and decline of the United Electrical Workers. SUNY series in American labour history. Albany, N.Y: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-2182-6.
  8. ^ "CIO Representative Resigns from Post to Support Wallace". The Gazette and Daily. March 18, 1948. p. 2.
  9. ^ Ness, Immanuel; Ciment, James, eds. (2000). The Encyclopedia of Third Parties in America. Sharpe Reference. p. 142.
  10. ^ Schaffer, Alan (1966). Vito Marcantonio, radical in Congress. Syracuse University Press. p. 209.
  11. ^ Meyer, Gerald (1989). Vito Marcantonio: Radical politician, 1902-1954. State University of New York Press. p. 83. ISBN 0791400824.
  12. ^ U.S. Trotskyism 1928-1965. Part III: Resurgence. p. 137.
  13. ^ Gosse, Van (1993). Where the boys are: Cuba, Cold War America and the making of a New Left. Haymarket series. London: Verso. ISBN 978-0-86091-690-1.
  14. ^ "Clifford McAvoy Dies at 52". The American Socialist.
  15. ^ Dixon, George Conard (1955). The John Dixon Family. p. 59.
  16. ^ Red Feminism: American Communism and the Making of Women's Liberation. p. 52. ISBN 9780801871115.
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