Michael L. Igoe

Michael Lambert Igoe ( born April 16, 1885 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, † 21 August 1967 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American lawyer and politician. In 1935, he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives; later he became a federal judge.

Career

Michael Igoe attended the public schools of his home and then the De LaSalle Institute in Chicago. After a subsequent law degree from the Georgetown University in Washington DC and his 1908 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Chicago in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1913 and 1930 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Illinois. From 1915 to 1917 he was employed as Chief Assistant to the Federal Prosecutor in Chicago. Between 1924 and 1934 he was also a board member of the South Park Commission. In June 1928 he took part in Houston as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. He was also from 1930 to 1932 a member of the Democratic National Committee over the years.

In the congressional elections of 1934, Igoe was elected in the 27th electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Walter Nesbit on 3 January 1935. On June 2, the same year he resigned his seat after he was appointed United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. This post he held 1935-1939. Afterwards, he was from 1939 to 1965 Judge at the Federal District Court for the same district. He died on 21 August 1967 in Chicago, where he was also buried.