James Manahan

James Manahan (born March 12, 1866 in Chatfield , Minnesota , †  January 8, 1932 in Saint Paul , Minnesota) was an American politician . Between 1913 and 1915 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Manahan attended the public schools of his home country and then the Winona Normal School until 1886 . He then taught as a teacher in Graceville for two years . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and his admission to the bar in 1889, he began to work in Saint Paul in this profession. In 1895 he moved his residence and his law firm to Lincoln , Nebraska . Ten years later he moved to Minneapolis , where he continued to work as a lawyer until 1912. Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party .

In the 1912 congressional election he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the then newly created tenth constituency of Minnesota . There he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1913. Since he renounced another candidacy in 1914, he could only complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1915 . During this time the 16th and 17th amendments to the constitution were passed there.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, James Manahan returned to work as a lawyer. He died in Saint Paul on January 8, 1932.

Web links

• James Manahan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Manahan in the database of Find a Grave (English)