Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy

Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy

Kathryn Ellen O'Loughlin McCarthy (born April 24, 1894 in Hays , Kansas ; † January 16, 1952 there ) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1935 she represented the sixth constituency of the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Kathryn McCarthy was born Kathryn Ellen O'Loughlin in 1894. After her marriage to Daniel McCarthy, she took the name Kathryn Ellen O'Loughlin McCarthy. She attended the public schools in her home country and graduated from Hays High School in 1913 . She then attended State Teachers' College until 1917 . After studying law at the University of Chicago and being admitted to the bar in 1921, she began working in her new profession in Chicago . In 1928 she returned to Hays, where she also worked as a lawyer.

Politically, she became a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1930 and 1936 she attended all regional party conventions in Kansas as a delegate, with one exception in 1935. In 1940 and 1944 she took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions , at which President Franklin D. Roosevelt was each nominated for a further term. She was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives in 1931 and 1932 .

In the 1932 congressional election, McCarthy was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the sixth district of Kansas , where she succeeded Republican Charles I. Sparks on March 4, 1933 . This election victory is related to the nationwide trend in favor of the Democratic Party, which culminated with the election of Franklin Roosevelt as US president. Since it was not confirmed in the 1934 elections, Kathryn McCarthy could only serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1935 . During this time, the first New Deal laws were discussed and passed there.

After her time in Congress, she returned to work as a lawyer. She was also the owner of a large ranch and co-owner of a car dealership. Kathryn McCarthy died in January 1952 in her native Hays and was buried there.

Web links

• Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy in the database of Find a Grave (English)