Martin A. Brennan

Martin Adlai Brennan (born September 21, 1879 in Bloomington , Illinois , †  July 4, 1941 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1937 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Martin Brennan attended public schools in his home country and then worked as a reporter for the Bloomington Bulletin newspaper. After a subsequent law degree at Wesleyan College of Law in Bloomington and his admission to the bar in 1902, he began to work in this profession in his hometown. Between 1913 and 1917 he was presiding judge on the Illinois Court of Claims . In 1920 he served as head of the McLean County Census Bureau . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1921 and 1923 he was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives ; In 1924 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in New York .

In the 1932 congressional election , Brennan was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 26th  constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Richard Yates on March 4, 1933 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1937 . During that time, many of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In 1935 the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were applied for the first time , according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd.

In 1936, Martin Brennan decided not to run again. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced again as a lawyer in Bloomington, where he died on July 4, 1941.

Web links

• Martin A. Brennan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Martin A. Brennan in the database of Find a Grave (English)