Francis Condon

Francis Condon

Francis Bernard Condon (born November 11, 1891 in Central Falls , Rhode Island , † November 23, 1965 in Boston , Massachusetts ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1930 and 1933 he represented the third and from 1933 to 1935 the first constituency of the state of Rhode Island in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Francis Condon attended the public schools in his home country and then studied law at Georgetown University in Washington until 1916 . After his admission as a lawyer in the same year, he began to work in Pawtucket in his new profession. Between May 1918 and June 1919 he was a soldier in the US Army during the last phase of the First World War .

Politically, Condon was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1921 and 1926 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Rhode Island . From 1923 he was leader of the Democratic MPs there. From 1924 to 1926 and again between 1928 and 1930 he was a member of the board of his party in Rhode Island. In 1928 he ran unsuccessfully for the office of lieutenant governor of his home state. In 1927 and 1928 he was the head of the American Legion veterans organization in Rhode Island.

After the resignation of Congressman Jeremiah E. O'Connell , Condon was elected in the third district of Rhode Island as his successor in the US House of Representatives. There he represented this constituency between November 4, 1930 and March 3, 1933, which was then abolished. For this reason, Condon ran successfully in the first constituency in 1932. This enabled him to take over the mandate held by Republican Clark Burdick on March 4, 1933 . In the elections of 1934 he was confirmed in this office.

After Francis Condon was appointed associate judge at the Rhode Island Supreme Court , he resigned from Congress on January 10, 1935, a week after the start of the new legislature . After the by-election was due, his seat fell to Republican Charles Risk . Condon remained as an associate judge in the Rhode Island Supreme Court until January 7, 1958. Then he was appointed Chief Justice . He held this office until his death in November 1965.

Web links

• Francis Condon in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Francis Condon in the database of Find a Grave (English)