Robert S. Maloney

Robert Sarsfield Maloney ( born February 3, 1881 in Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, † November 8, 1934 ) was an American politician. Between 1921 and 1923 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Robert Maloney attended the common schools and then completed an apprenticeship in the printing trade. He became involved in the trade union movement and in 1907 was a delegate to a trade union congress in Winnipeg, Canada. He was also involved in the founding and development of the Union International Typographical Union for New England. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party and became in 1909 a member of the council of Lawrence. In 1912 and from 1915 to 1920, he headed the Health and Welfare Department in Lawrence. From 1916 to 1920 he was a member and president of the municipal council in this place. Between 1913 and 1914 he worked back in the printer industry.

In the congressional elections of 1920, Maloney was in the seventh election district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Michael Francis Phelan on March 4, 1921. Since he resigned in 1920 to run again, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1923. Between 1924 and 1928 he stood again before the Health and Welfare Department in Lawrence. In addition, he edited a weekly newspaper; later he went into the restaurant business. Robert Maloney died on 8 November 1934 in his hometown of Lawrence.