James G. Monahan

James G. Monahan

James Gideon Monahan (born January 12, 1855 in Darlington , Wisconsin , †  December 5, 1923 in Dubuque , Iowa ) was an American politician . Between 1919 and 1921 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Monahan attended his home public schools including Darlington High School , which he graduated from in 1875. After that he worked as a teacher himself for some time. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1878, he began to work in Mineral Point in his new profession. In 1880 he returned to Darlington. Between 1880 and 1884 he was a district attorney in Lafayette County . Monahan also got into the newspaper business. From 1883 to 1919 he published the Darlington Republican Journal. Politically, Monahan was a member of the Republican Party . In 1888 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where Benjamin Harrison was nominated as a presidential candidate. From 1900 to 1908, Monahan was the tax director of Wisconsin's Second Financial District.

In the 1918 congressional election , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the third constituency of his state , where he succeeded John M. Nelson on March 4, 1919 . Since he was no longer nominated by his party for another term in 1920, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until January 3, 1921 . During this time, the 19th amendment to the Constitution was passed, which introduced women's suffrage nationwide. After leaving the US House of Representatives, Monahan no longer appeared politically. He died on December 5, 1923 in Dubuque and was buried in Darlington.

Web links

• James G. Monahan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James G. Monahan in the database of Find a Grave (English)