Augustine Lonergan

Augustine Lonergan

Augustine Lonergan (born May 20, 1874 in Thompson , Connecticut , †  October 18, 1947 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of Connecticut in both chambers of Congress .

After attending the public schools in Rockville and Bridgeport , Lonergan studied at Yale University , where he graduated in law in 1902 . He was inducted into the bar and began practicing law in Hartford .

From 1910 to 1912 he was a member of the city planning commission, during the same period he was deputy chief legal representative ( corporation counsel ) of Hartford. In 1912, Lonergan's political career began with the election to the United States House of Representatives . He missed re-election in 1914, but managed to return for another four years in 1916, before he did not run for election in 1920.

That year Lonergan ran for the US Senate , but failed; he also lost in the Senate election in 1928, so he initially worked as a lawyer again. In 1930 he was re-elected to the House of Representatives for two years, before moving to the Senate in 1932. After six years in office, he resigned on January 3, 1939, after having failed in re-election the year before.

Augustine Lonergan stayed in Washington, where he subsequently worked as a lawyer again and died in 1947. He was buried in Hartford.

Web links

• Augustine Lonergan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)