Mulrooney, Edward P. (1874-1960)

Edward P. Mulrooney was the former Police Commissioner of New York City, New York between 1930 and 1933. He was born on July 24, 1874 in Union City, New Jersey to Irish immigrants. Mulrooney joined the Police Department in 1896 and was most well known for serving as New York State's first chariman of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in 1933, immeidately after the repeal of Prohibition. A speech by Mulrooney speech on gun control was used for a foreward for the Howard Hughes-produced film Scarface (1932).

Mulrooney died in New York City on April 29, 1960.

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"Edward Mulrooney, 85, Dead; Police Commissioner 1930-33." New York Times. May 01, 1960.