Vincent M. Brennan

Vincent M. Brennan was a fan of the new radio technology and unsuccessfully campaigned for the broadcast of congressional sessions to be broadcast live in this medium.

Vincent Morrison Brennan (born April 22, 1890 in Mount Clemens , Michigan , †  February 4, 1959 in Detroit , Michigan) was an American politician . Between 1921 and 1923 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1895 Vincent Brennan came to Detroit with his parents, where he first attended SS. Peter and Paul's Parochial School and then until 1909 Detroit College . After completing a law degree at Harvard University and being admitted to the bar in 1912, he began working in his new profession in Detroit. By 1914, he was also studying at the University of Detroit . Politically, Brennan was a member of the Republican Party . In 1912 and 1913 he was a legal advisor to the Michigan State Government's Department of Labor; from 1915 to 1920 he served as an advisor to the city of Detroit. Brennan served in the Michigan Senate in 1919 and 1920 . At that time, he also drafted a highway code for the city of Detroit that served as a model for many similar laws in other American cities.

In the 1920 congressional election , Brennan was elected to the 13th constituency of Michigan in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Clarence J. McLeod on March 4, 1921 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1922, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1923 . Brennan was a district judge in Wayne County between 1924 and 1954 ; then he worked again as a lawyer. Politically, he no longer appeared. Vincent Brennan died in Detroit on February 4, 1959.

Web links

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• Vincent M. Brennan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Vincent M. Brennan in the database of Find a Grave (English)