AS Mike Monroney

Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney (born March 2, 1902 in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , † February 13, 1980 in Rockville , Maryland ) was an American politician who represented the state of Oklahoma in both chambers of Congress .

Life

Mike Monroney graduated from the University of Oklahoma , where he graduated with a degree in political science in 1924 . He then found employment as a columnist and political analyst with the Oklahoma News , for which he worked until 1928. Through personal contacts he became president of a furniture chain in 1928, at the age of only 26.

In 1938 he ran for the Democratic Party for a seat in the United States House of Representatives , to which he belonged from January 3, 1939 to January 3, 1951. One of his most sustained political successes was the ratification of the Legislative Reorganization Act , which was ratified in August 1946 and which made today's Congress legislation possible. In 1950 he announced his intention to run for a seat in the United States Senate . Monroney's successful election that fall paved his way to the Second Chamber of Congress; he took office on January 3, 1951.

With Monroney's participation, he ratified the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 in 1958 , which resulted in the establishment of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). For his services to aviation in particular, Monroney was awarded the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy in 1961 and the Tony Jannus Award in 1964. In the presidential election of 1952 , Monroney was briefly under discussion as the vice-presidential candidate of Adlai Ewing Stevenson ; but Monroney was little known outside of Oklahoma, so that Stevenson chose the Senator from Alabama , John Jackson Sparkman , as running mate . The eight electoral votes from Oklahoma went to election winner Dwight D. Eisenhower . On January 3, 1969, Monroney resigned from the Senate. He settled in Washington, DC and worked as an aviation expert and business consultant.

Mike Monroney was married to Mary Ellen Mellon, the daughter of a banker . He was the father of a son, Michael Monroney, and a grandfather of four. After his death in February 1980, some of his ashes were scattered around the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center . His grandson Jack Quinn worked under Bill Clinton as White House Counsel .

Web links

• AS Mike Monroney in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)