Robert T. Monagan

Who was Robert T. Monagan?

Robert Timothy Monagan, Jr. was a California politician and a member of the Republican Party, who was Speaker of the California State Assembly from 1969–1970. He served in the California State Assembly, representing the 12th district from 1961 until 1973.

Born in Ogden, Utah, Monagan grew up in Vallejo, California and earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1942 from the College of the Pacific, where he played basketball and was student body president.

From 1943–1946, including during World War II, he served as a United States Coast Guard officer, seeing duty in the Aleutian Islands.

After the war, he returned to California to become the graduate manager of athletics for the University of the Pacific.

Monagan moved to Tracy, California in 1950 to be secretary-manager of the Tracy Chamber of Commerce.

In 1952, he became chief of staff for Congressman Leroy Johnson in Washington, D.C. Monagan returned to Tracy in 1954 to begin working in insurance and real estate, eventually founding Monagan-Miller-McInerney Insurance, which eventually became the largest insurance agency in the region surrounding Tracy.