on the House floor. Coordinating the activities of the congressional delegation for Delaney was his Legislative Assistant, Peter Allen Peyser. Delaney did not run for re-election in 1978, and future vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro won the election to succeed him. He resigned December 31, 1978. Later life Delaney was a resident of Key Biscayne, Florida, until his death in Tenafly, New Jersey on May 24, 1987. He was interred in Calvary Cemetery in Queens. Notes References 1901 births 1987 deaths Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Queens) St. John's University School of Law alumni People from Queens, New York People from Key Biscayne, Florida Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 20th-century American politicians