John J. McGrath

John Joseph McGrath ( born July 23, 1872 County Limerick, Ireland; † August 25, 1951 in San Mateo, California ) was an American politician. Between 1933 and 1939 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John McGrath attended the public schools of his Irish homeland. At the age of 17, he emigrated to the United States where he settled in Chicago. He studied law for two years, but has apparently never worked as a lawyer. Over the next 20 years, McGrath worked in retail. In 1896 he became an American citizen. Between 1916 and 1925 he was postmaster in San Mateo, where he had moved in the meantime. Thereafter, he served from 1928 to 1932 as a Justice of the Peace in San Mateo County. In addition, he spent four years as president of the local Chamber of Commerce ( Tri - City Chamber of Commerce). At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1932, McGrath was in the eighth electoral district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Arthur M. Free on March 4, 1933. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1939 three legislative periods. During this time most of the New Deal legislation of the Federal Government were adopted under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1938, he lost to Republican Jack Z. Anderson.

In the years 1939 and 1940 was John McGrath State Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization. He died on August 25, 1951 in San Mateo, where he was also buried.