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Augustine Lonergan
United States Senator
from Connecticut
In office
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
Preceded byHiram Bingham III
Succeeded byJohn A. Danaher
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
Preceded byE. Stevens Henry
Succeeded byP. Davis Oakey
In office
March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921
Preceded byP. Davis Oakey
Succeeded byE. Hart Fenn
In office
March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933
Preceded byE. Hart Fenn
Succeeded byHerman P. Kopplemann
Personal details
Born(1874-05-20)May 20, 1874
Thompson, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedOctober 18, 1947(1947-10-18) (aged 73)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyDemocratic

Augustine John Lonergan (May 20, 1874 – October 18, 1947) was a U.S. Senator and Representative from Connecticut. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He served as a senator from 1933 to 1939.

Biography

Lonergan was born in Thompson, Connecticut, to a father from Ireland and a Canadian mother of Irish descent.[1] He attended the public schools in Rockville and Bridgeport and graduated from Yale Law School in 1902. He was admitted to the bar in 1901 and practiced law in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a members of the city planning commission and was assistant corporation counsel of Hartford from 1910 to 1912.

After a failed campaign in 1910, Lonergan was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 1st congressional district in 1912, serving from March 4, 1913, to March 3, 1915. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 but was reelected in 1916 and 1918, serving again from March 4, 1917, to March 3, 1921. He 1920, he ran for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Frank B. Brandegee, losing heavily, and ran again in 1928, losing to Republican nominee Frederic C. Walcott. He was again elected to the House in 1930 and served from March 4, 1931, to March 3, 1933. He was elected to the Senate in 1932, narrowly defeating Hiram Bingham III amidst the Democrat landslide that year, and served one term from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1939. He was defeated for reelection by Republican John A. Danaher in 1938.

Lonergan practiced law in Washington, D.C. until his death on October 18, 1947. He was interred at Mount St. Benedict's Cemetery in Hartford.

References

  1. ^ "United States Census, 1880", FamilySearch, retrieved April 26, 2018
Party political offices Preceded bySimeon Eben Baldwin Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Connecticut(Class 3) 1920 Succeeded byHamilton Holt Preceded byThomas J. Spellacy Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Connecticut(Class 1) 1928 Succeeded byFrancis T. Maloney Preceded byRollin U. Tyler Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Connecticut(Class 3) 1932, 1938 Succeeded byBrien McMahon U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byE. Stevens Henry Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 1st congressional district 1913 – 1915 Succeeded byP. Davis Oakey Preceded byP. Davis Oakey Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 1st congressional district 1917 – 1921 Succeeded byE. Hart Fenn Preceded byE. Hart Fenn Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 1st congressional district 1931 – 1933 Succeeded byHerman P. Kopplemann U.S. Senate Preceded byHiram Bingham III U.S. senator (Class 3) from Connecticut 1933 – 1939 Served alongside: Frederic C. Walcott, Francis T. Maloney Succeeded byJohn A. Danaher
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