death_date death_place predecessor birth_place successor religion children party office birth_date term spouse image article_title name
06 july 1963 buffalo , new york thomas l. holling buffalo , new york bernard j. dowd roman catholic no children democratic mayor of buffalo july 5 , 1897 1942 -- 1945 laura campbell stephenson joseph j kelly - buffalo war council.jpg joseph j. kelly
 joseph j. kelly
joseph j. kelly

joseph j. kelly -lrb- july 5 , 1897 -- july 6 , 1963 -rrb- was an irish-american mayor of buffalo , new york .
he held the office from 1942 to 1945 .
