Patrick McLane

Patrick McLane ( born March 14, 1875 County Mayo, Ireland, † November 13, 1946 in Scranton, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1919 and 1921 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1882, Patrick McLane came with his parents from his native Ireland to Scranton in Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools of his new home and worked for 13 years in the local coal mines. During the Spanish- American War of 1898 he served in the U.S. Army. He then worked as an engine driver. Between 1904 and 1911 he was a member of the school committee of the city Scranton. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party. In 1905 he was a delegate to the regional convention in Pennsylvania; In 1914 he was a member of the State Board of his party.

In the congressional elections of 1918 McLane was in the tenth constituency of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Republican John R. Farr took on 4 March 1919 that he had beaten in the election. Farr put but against the election results contradict a. This was, on 25 February 1921 met only shortly before the expiry of its term. Thus McLane was forced to cede its mandate to Farr about a week before the expiration of his term of office.

In the years 1922 and 1924, Patrick McLane applied in each case unsuccessfully to return to Congress. Otherwise, he again worked as a locomotive engineer. He died on November 13, 1946 in Scranton.