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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Augustus McCloskey |
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San Antonio, Texas , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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September 23, 1878
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| Died | July 21, 1950
(71 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | McCLOSKEY, Augustus, a Representative from Texas; born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., September 23, 1878; attended Atascosa (Tex.) School, St. Joseph’s Academy, San Antonio, Tex., and St. Mary’s College, San Antonio, Tex.; employed as a stenographer 1903-1907; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced practice in San Antonio, Tex.; judge of Bexar County 1920-1928; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Houston, Tex., in 1928; presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Seventy-first Congress and served from March 4, 1929, to February 10, 1930, when he was succeeded by Harry M. Wurzbach, who successfully contested his election; was not a candidate for renomination in 1930; resumed the practice of law; judge of the corporation court of San Antonio, Tex., from January 1943 to July 1947; practiced law until his death in San Antonio, Tex., July 21, 1950; interment in San Fernando Cemetery
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