Michael Joseph Muldowney

Michael Joseph Muldowney ( born August 10, 1889 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † March 30, 1947 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1933 and 1935 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1894, Michael Muldowney moved with his parents to Pittsburgh, where he attended the public schools. In 1908 he graduated from the local Duquesne University. Later he hit as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. Between 1925 and 1929 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania; 1930 to 1933 he sat in the City Council of Pittsburgh.

In the congressional elections of 1932 Muldowney was the 32nd electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Edmund Frederick Erk 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 there passed the first New Deal legislation of the Roosevelt administration, which Muldowneys party faced a rather negative. 1935, the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were first applied, after which the term of the Congress ends, or begins on January 3.

Between 1935 and 1937 Muldowney belonged to the State Committee for Trade report (State Board of mercantile appraisers ) to. Since 1940 he was arbitrator for the state agency for unemployment benefits (State unemployment compensation referee ). A post he held until his death on March 30, 1947 in Pittsburgh.