Peter P. Mahoney
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 4th district
In office March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889
Preceded by	Felix Campbell
Succeeded by	John M. Clancy
Personal details
Born	June 25, 1848 New York, New York, US
Died	March 27, 1889 (aged 40) Washington, D.C., US
Resting place	Calvary Cemetery, Long Island City

Peter Paul Mahoney (June 25, 1848 – March 27, 1889), of Brooklyn, New York, was an American businessman and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1885 to 1889. He was a Democrat.

Biography

Mahoney was born in New York City and educated in the public schools there. He engaged in the dry-goods business for several years; moved to Brooklyn, New York, and engaged in the sale of liquor.

Congress

He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1889); was not a candidate in 1888 for reelection to the Fifty-first Congress.

Death

He became ill while attending the inauguration ceremonies of President Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1889, and died in Washington, D.C., March 27, 1889 at the age of 40. He is interred in Calvary Cemetery, Long Island City, Queens County, New York.