Joseph P. Monaghan

Joseph Patrick Monaghan ( born March 26, 1906 in Butte, Montana; † July 4, 1985 ) was an American politician. Between 1933 and 1937 he represented the state of Montana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and political rise

Joseph Monaghan attended the public schools of his home and then to 1928 the Carroll College in Helena. After studying law at Montana State University in Bozeman, he was admitted to the bar in 1931. Then he started in Butte to work in this profession. Monaghan became a member of the Democratic Party. From 1929 to 1931 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Montana.

Congressman and Senate candidate

In 1930 he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. Congress. In the following midterm elections in 1932, he was elected to succeed John M. Evans House of Representatives. After a re-election in 1934 he was able to exercise this mandate between 4 March 1933 and January 3, 1937. That's when a constitutional amendment after the start of legislative sessions of Congress of March has been brought forward to January. In these four years, some of the New Deal legislation of the government of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Congress were adopted.

In 1936, Monaghan opted not to run again. He competed until 1964 several times unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. Senate. Otherwise, he again worked as a lawyer in Butte. There he died on 4 July 1985 as well.