John E. Fogarty

John E. Fogarty

John Edward Fogarty (born March 23, 1913 in Providence , Rhode Island , † January 10, 1967 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1941 and 1967 he represented the second constituency of the state of Rhode Island in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Fogarty attended La Salle Academy and Providence College . He then completed an apprenticeship as a bricklayer until 1930. He moved into the city to Glocester belonging Village Harmony , where he worked as a bricklayer. He also became president of the Rhode Island Masons Union.

Fogarty was a member of the Democratic Party and was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in 1940 as its candidate in the second district of Rhode Island . There he took over from Harry Sandager of the Republican Party on January 3, 1941 . After he was confirmed in all subsequent congressional elections up to and including 1966, he could remain in Congress from January 3, 1941 until his death on January 10, 1967 . Only between December 7, 1944 and February 7, 1945 did he suspend his mandate because he was serving in the US Navy during this time . During his 25-year membership in Congress, he experienced World War II , the Korean War and the beginning of the Cold War . A domestic political focus of those years was the discussion about the civil rights movement.

John Fogarty died on January 10, 1967, just a week after another term in Congress began. His mandate then fell to his party colleague Robert Tiernan after a by-election . His nephew Charles J. Fogarty was Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island from 1999 to 2007 .

Web links

• John E. Fogarty in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John E. Fogarty in the database of Find a Grave (English)