James F. Fitzgerald in March 1975. James F. Fitzgerald James Francis Fitzgerald (October 12, 1895 – March 1975) was an American politician from New York. He was born on October 12, 1895, in Long Island City, which was then a city in Queens County, and is now a neighborhood in the Borough of Queens in New York City. He attended St. Mary's Parochial School. Fitzgerald was a member of the New York State Senate (5th D.) from 1949 to 1952, sitting in the 167th and 168th New York State Legislatures. In November 1952, he ran for re-election, but was defeated by Republican Milton
F. Scott Fitzgerald would allow him to," and wrote to her "daily the incoherent, expressive letters all young lovers write." She would become his inspiration for the character of Isabelle Borgé, Amory Blaine's first love in "This Side of Paradise", for Daisy in "The Great Gatsby", and several other characters in his novels and short stories. After their relationship ended in 1917 Fitzgerald had requested that Ginevra destroy the letters that he had wrote her. He never destroyed the letters that King had sent him. After he had passed in 1940 his daughter "Scottie" sent the letters back to King where she kept