P. H. Moynihan

Patrick Henry " P. H. " Moynihan ( born September 25, 1869 in Chicago, Illinois, † May 20, 1946 ) was an American politician. Between 1933 and 1935 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

PH Moynihan attended the common schools, including St. Patrick's High School. He then worked in the printing and publishing industry. Moreover, he went into the coal business. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. Between 1901 and 1909 he sat on the city council of Chicago; 1921 to 1929 he was a member of the International Trade Commission of Illinois, which he chaired since 1928.

In the congressional elections of 1932, Moynihan was the second electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Morton D. Hull on March 4, 1933. Since he has not been confirmed in 1934, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1935. During this time the first New Deal legislation of the Federal Government there were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which Moynihan's party faced a rather negative.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Moynihan took his previous activities on again. In 1936 and 1940 he applied unsuccessfully to return to Congress. He died on May 20, 1946 in Chicago.