Michael L. Igoe

Michael Lambert Igoe (born April 16, 1885 in Saint Paul , Minnesota , †  August 21, 1967 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American lawyer and politician . In 1935 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives ; later he became a federal judge .

Career

Michael Igoe attended public schools in his home country and then the De LaSalle Institute in Chicago. After a subsequent law degree at Georgetown University in Washington, DC and his admission to the bar in 1908, he began to work in this profession in Chicago. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1913 and 1930 he was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives . From 1915 to 1917 he was employed as chief assistant with the federal attorney in Chicago. Between 1924 and 1934 he was also a board member of the Southpark Commission . In June 1928 he took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Houston . He was also a member of the Democratic National Committee from 1930 to 1932 .

In the 1934 congressional elections , Igoe was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the 27th  constituency of Illinois, where he succeeded Walter Nesbit on January 3, 1935 . On June 2 of the same year, he stepped down after he was appointed to succeed Dwight H. Green as federal attorney for the northern district of Illinois. He held this office between 1935 and 1939. From 1939 to 1965 he was then a judge at the Federal District Court for the same district. He died on August 21, 1967 in Chicago, where he was buried. His successor as federal judge was William Joseph Lynch .

Web links

• Michael L. Igoe in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Michael L. Igoe in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges

• Michael L. Igoe in the database of Find a Grave (English)