Joseph P. Monaghan

Joseph P. Monaghan (1933)

Joseph Patrick Monaghan (born March 26, 1906 in Butte , Montana , † July 4, 1985 there ) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1937 he represented the state of Montana in the US House of Representatives .

Early years and political advancement

Joseph Monaghan attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1928 Carroll College in Helena . After studying law at Montana State University in Bozeman , he was admitted to the bar in 1931. He then began to work in this profession in Butte. Monaghan became a member of the Democratic Party . From 1929 to 1931 he was a member of the House of Representatives in Montana .

Congressman and Senate candidate

In 1930 he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the US Congress . In the following congressional elections in 1932 he was elected to succeed John M. Evans in the House of Representatives. After being re-elected in 1934, he was able to exercise this mandate between March 4, 1933 and January 3, 1937. During this time there was a constitutional amendment, according to which the beginning of the legislative periods of the Congress was brought forward from March to January. During those four years, some of the New Deal laws in the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt were passed in Congress.

In 1936 Monaghan declined to run again. Until 1964, however, he applied for a seat in the US Senate without success . Otherwise he worked again as a lawyer in Butte. He died there on July 4, 1985.

Web links

• Joseph P. Monaghan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph P. Monaghan in the database of Find a Grave (English)