Francis T. Thomas Maloney

March 31, 1894 (age 50)

Meriden, Connecticut, United States of America

He was a Democrat. From 1914 to 1921, he worked as a newspaper reporter, except for 1917–1918, when he served as a seaman first class in the United States Navy during the First World War. He then engaged in real estate and insurance business. Maloney served as mayor of Meriden from 1929 to 1933. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States. House of Representatives of the seventy-third Congress and served from March 4, 1933 to January 3, 1935, in the session that was shorter than the usual two years because the time when the sessions would open was changed. He did not seek reelection, because he had been nominated for the Senate. He was elected to the Senate in 1934, re-elected in 1940 and served until his death in 1945. He was chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds in the seventy-seventh through seventy-ninth Congresses. Maloney was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Connecticut in 1936, 1940, and 1944. He died in Meriden, Connecticut, on January 16, 1945. Interment in Sacred Heart Cemetery. One of the two public high schools in Meriden, Connecticut, is named for Maloney.

Francis T. Thomas Maloney

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Background

MALONEY, Francis T. was born on March 31, 1894 in Meriden, Connecticut, United States. Son of Patrick and Grace E. (Hickey) Maloney.

Education

He attended public and parochial schools of Meriden.

Career

He was a Democrat. From 1914 to 1921, he worked as a newspaper reporter, except for 1917–1918, when he served as a seaman first class in the United States Navy during the First World War. He then engaged in real estate and insurance business. Maloney served as mayor of Meriden from 1929 to 1933.

He was elected as a Democrat to the United States. House of Representatives of the seventy-third Congress and served from March 4, 1933 to January 3, 1935, in the session that was shorter than the usual two years because the time when the sessions would open was changed.

He did not seek reelection, because he had been nominated for the Senate. He was elected to the Senate in 1934, re-elected in 1940 and served until his death in 1945.

He was chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds in the seventy-seventh through seventy-ninth Congresses. Maloney was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Connecticut in 1936, 1940, and 1944.

He died in Meriden, Connecticut, on January 16, 1945.

Interment in Sacred Heart Cemetery. One of the two public high schools in Meriden, Connecticut, is named for Maloney.

Achievements

Francis Maloney has been listed as a noteworthy United States senator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member United States Naval Reserve Force, during World War. Mayor of Meriden 2 terms, 1929-1933. Member 73d Congress (1933-1935), 3d Connecticut District.

Member Sons of Union Veterans of Civil War, American Legion.

Member, Democratic State Central Commission, Board of governments, Democratic Club of Connecticut Member of Elks. Eagles; Knights of Columbus.

Connections

Married Martha M. Herzig, June 27, 1918. Children: Robert Francis, Marilyn, Grace, Annual.

Father:: Patrick Maloney
Mother:: Grace (Hickey) Maloney
Spouse:: Martha M. Herzig
child:: Marilyn Maloney
child:: Robert Francis Maloney
child:: Grace Maloney
child:: Ann Maloney

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