Michael Joseph Muldowney

Michael Joseph Muldowney (born August 10, 1889 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , †  March 30, 1947 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1935 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1894 Michael Muldowney moved with his parents to Pittsburgh, where he attended public schools. In 1908 he graduated from Duquesne University there . He later embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1925 and 1929 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania ; from 1930 to 1933 he was a member of the Pittsburgh City Council.

In the 1932 congressional elections , Muldowney was elected to the 32nd  constituency of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Edmund Frederick Erk on March 4, 1933 . Since he was not confirmed in 1934, he could only complete one term in Congress until January 3, 1935 . During this time, the Roosevelt government passed the first New Deal laws there , which Muldowney's party was rather hostile to. 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.

Between 1935 and 1937 Muldowney was a member of the State board of mercantile appraisers . From 1940 he was an arbitrator at the State unemployment compensation referee . He held this post until his death on March 30, 1947 in Pittsburgh.

Web links

• Michael Joseph Muldowney in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Michael Joseph Muldowney in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Edmund Frederick Erk	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (32nd constituency) March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935	Theodore L. Moritz