Mac Sweeney

Mac Sweeney

David McCann "Mac" Sweeney (born September 15, 1955 in Wharton , Wharton County , Texas ) is an American politician . Between 1985 and 1989 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Mac Sweeney attended the public schools in his home country and then studied law at the University of Texas until 1981, among other things. In 1977 and 1978 he served on the staff of US Senator John Tower . He then worked in 1979 and 1980 for former Governor John Connally , who, after changing parties in 1973, unsuccessfully sought the Republican Party's nomination for the 1980 presidential election. Between 1981 and 1983, Sweeney served as Director of Administrative Operations on President Ronald Reagan's government staff .

Sweeney also joined the Republican Party. In the 1984 congressional election , he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 14th  constituency of Texas , where he succeeded William Neff Patman , whom he defeated in the election, on January 3, 1985 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1989 . There he became a member of the Armed Forces Committee . In 1988 he was not re-elected. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he worked as a lawyer for an international law firm on Wall Street in New York City . He then headed two companies in New Jersey and Texas, respectively.

From 1977 onwards, Sweeney served for seven years in humanitarian and missionary work. He operated from Cairo in five Arab states. In 2004 an appointment to a leading position in the Peace Corps failed because he was unable to agree on the terms with the federal government under President George W. Bush . In the same year he was an election worker in the first presidential election in Afghanistan . Today he heads the Paraclete Group from Washington , which supports infrastructure measures in developing countries. He is also a board member of several non-profit organizations .

Web links

• Mac Sweeney in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)