page_title: William Carney (politician)
section_title: Suffolk County Legislature
hierarchical_section_title: William Carney (politician) / Career / Suffolk County Legislature
caption_attribution_description: English: President Ronald Reagan and Bill Carney (4-18) Photo Op. With Congressman Bill Carney President Ronald Reagan, Al Kingon, James Miller, Ralph Stanley, and B.F. Backlund (19-30) Report on White House Conference on Small Business President Ronald Reagan (31-33) Photo Op. With unidentified man
context_page_description: William Carney was an American politician from New York who served in the Suffolk County, New York Legislature and United States House of Representatives as a member of the Conservative and Republican parties. He is the only registered member of the Conservative Party of New York State to be elected to the United States House of Representatives. He is one of two members of the Conservative Party to be elected to the United States Congress along with James L. Buckley, who was elected to the United States Senate from New York's Class I seat in 1970.
  After serving in Suffolk County, New York's county legislature Carney was elected to the United States House of Representatives with the support of the Republican Party. He was reelected three more times before changing his party affiliation to Republican in 1985 in an attempt to gain a leadership position in the Republican House caucus. However, he chose to not seek reelection in 1986, due to negative reactions to his support of the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant.
context_section_description: In 1975, Carney received the nomination of the Conservative Party to run in the sixth district for the Suffolk County Legislature. In the general election he defeated incumbent legislator Angela Christenson. He took office in January 1976, and served until December 1978, as he had chose to seek election to the United States House of Representatives. He was succeed by Donald C. Allgrove, a member of the Republican Party.
caption: Carney with President Ronald Reagan in 1986
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