John McSweeney
U.S. Congressperson
1890 – 1969
Who was John McSweeney?
John McSweeney was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Born in Wooster, Ohio, McSweeney attended the public schools and was graduated from Wooster University in 1912. He was employed in the engineering corps of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. in 1912 and 1913. He taught at Wooster High School 1913-1917. He served overseas during the First World War from May 10, 1917, to August 11, 1919, and was promoted to captain and aide-de-camp to General Farnsworth on August 16, 1918. Awarded the Purple Heart Medal and received the Croix de Guerre. He studied law at the Inns of Court, London, England. He returned to the United States in 1919 and resumed teaching. He served as member of the Wooster City Council 1919-1921 and served as president. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress. He was admitted to the bar in 1925 and commenced practice in Wooster.
McSweeney was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, and Seventieth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Wooster. State director of public welfare 1931-1935.
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- Born
- Dec 19, 1890
Wooster - Education
- College of Wooster
- Died
- Dec 13, 1969
Wooster
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on July 23, 2013
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