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American politician
Francis Maloney
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In office
1942?1945
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Preceded by
| Tom Connally
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Succeeded by
| Charles O. Andrews
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In office
January 3, 1943 ? January 3, 1945
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Leader
| Alben W. Barkley
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Preceded by
| Joshua B. Lee
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Succeeded by
| Brien McMahon
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In office
January 3, 1935 ? January 16, 1945
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Preceded by
| Frederic C. Walcott
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Succeeded by
| Thomas C. Hart
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In office
March 4, 1933 ? January 3, 1935
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Preceded by
| John Q. Tilson
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Succeeded by
| James A. Shanley
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In office
1929?1933
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Born
| Francis Thomas Maloney
(
1894-03-31
)
March 31, 1894
Meriden
,
Connecticut
,
U.S.
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Died
| January 16, 1945
(1945-01-16)
(aged 50)
Meriden
,
Connecticut
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U.S.
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Political party
| Democratic
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Francis Thomas Maloney
(March 31, 1894 – January 16, 1945) was a
U.S. Representative
from
Connecticut
from 1933 to 1935 and a
U.S. Senator
from Connecticut from 1935 to 1945. He was a
Democrat
.
Early life
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Maloney was born in
Meriden
,
New Haven County
, Connecticut, March 31, 1894. He was a
Catholic
and his father and maternal grandparents were from
Ireland
.
[1]
[2]
He attended public and parochial schools of Meriden. From 1914 to 1921, he worked as a newspaper reporter, except for 1917?1918, when he served as a seaman first class in the
US Navy
during the
First World War
. He then engaged in real estate and insurance business.
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Political career
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Maloney served as
mayor
of Meriden from 1929 to 1933.
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He was elected as a
Democrat
to the
U.S. House of Representatives
of the seventy-third Congress and served from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1935, in the session that was shorter than the usual two years because the time when the sessions would open was changed. He did not seek reelection, because he had been nominated for the
Senate
. He was elected to the Senate in 1934, re-elected in 1940 and served until his death in 1945. He was chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds in the seventy-seventh through seventy-ninth Congresses.
[5]
Maloney was a delegate to the
Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut in
1936
,
1940
, and
1944
.
[6]
He died in Meriden, Connecticut, on January 16, 1945, and was interred in Sacred Heart Cemetery.
Legacy
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One of the two public
high schools
in
Meriden, Connecticut
, is named for Maloney.
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See also
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References
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- ^
The Political Graveyard
Archived
2009-10-09 at the
Wayback Machine
, Index to Politicians: Maloney.
- ^
"United States Census, 1900"
,
FamilySearch
, retrieved
April 26,
2018
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Maloney, Francis Thomas
Archived
2010-01-06 at the
Wayback Machine
at the
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
.
- ^
Maloney, Francis Thomas
Archived
2010-01-06 at the
Wayback Machine
at the
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
. This time frame is, however, noted as 1930-1933 at
The Political Graveyard
Archived
2009-10-09 at the
Wayback Machine
.
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Maloney, Francis Thomas
Archived
2010-01-06 at the
Wayback Machine
at the
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
.
- ^
The Political Graveyard
Archived
2009-10-09 at the
Wayback Machine
, Index to Politicians: Maloney.
- ^
Cf.
Francis T. Maloney High School
Archived
2009-11-24 at the
Wayback Machine
.
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Public Buildings
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Public Buildings and Grounds
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Public Works
(1947?1977)
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Environment and Public Works
(1977?present)
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