Martin A. Brennan

Who was Martin A. Brennan?

Martin Adlai Brennan was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, Brennan attended parochial schools. He was employed as a reporter for the Bloomington Bulletin. He was graduated from the Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois, in 1902. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Bloomington, Illinois. He served as presiding judge of the Illinois Court of Claims 1913-1917. He served as census supervisor for McLean County, Illinois, in 1920. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1921-1923. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1924.

Brennan was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1936. He resumed the practice of law in Bloomington, Illinois, until his death there on July 4, 1941. He was interred in St. Mary's Cemetery.