Joseph McLaughlin (Pennsylvania politician)

Joseph McLaughlin ( born June 9, 1867 County Donegal, Ireland, † November 21, 1926 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1917 and 1919, and again from 1921 to 1923, he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Joseph McLaughlin grew up in his Irish homeland and came to Philadelphia in 1889. He worked as a mechanic at the company Baldwin Locomotive Works. There he rose to the head of department. He also served in various other sectors of the economy. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1916, McLaughlin was in the then state-wide 33 electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Daniel F. Lafean on March 4, 1917. Since he was not nominated by his party for re-election in 1918, he was initially able to do only one term in Congress until March 3, 1919. This was marked by the events of the First World War.

In the elections of 1920, McLaughlin was elected to the Congress in again statewide 33rd District, where he Mahlon Morris Garland replaced on March 4, 1921. Until March 3, 1923, he was able to spend another term in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1922 he gave up another candidacy. After his time in Congress, Joseph McLaughlin moved back into retirement. He died on November 21, 1926 in Philadelphia.