Bryan F. Mahan

Bryan F. Mahan

Bryan Francis Mahan (born May 1, 1856 in New London , Connecticut , †  November 16, 1923 there ) was an American politician . Between 1913 and 1915 he represented the second constituency of the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Bryan Mahan attended public schools in his home country and then Robert Bartlett High School . Then he did an apprenticeship as a plumber. After studying law in Albany ( New York ) and being admitted to the bar in 1881, he began working in his new profession in New London.

Mahan was a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1882 and 1883 . Between 1891 and 1892 he was a public prosecutor for a short time. In 1893 he was a co-founder of a steamship company, of which he became president. From 1894 to 1898, Mahan served as a postman in his hometown of New London. Between 1904 and 1906 and again from 1910 to 1913 he was mayor of this city. In 1910 and 1911, Mahan was also a member of the Connecticut Senate . Between 1904 and 1916 he was a delegate to all Democratic National Conventions .

In the 1912 congressional elections, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second district of Connecticut . There he took over from Thomas L. Reilly on March 4, 1913 , who moved to the third constituency. But since he was defeated by the Republican Richard P. Freeman in the elections of 1914 , Mahan could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1915 . After his tenure in the House of Representatives was over, he was reappointed New London Postmaster. He held this office between March 23, 1915 and his death on November 16, 1923.

Web links

• Bryan F. Mahan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Bryan F. Mahan in the database of Find a Grave (English)