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  Lonergan, Augustine
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NameAugustine Lonergan
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Hartford, Connecticut , United States
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Born May 20, 1874
DiedOctober 18, 1947 (73 years)
ContributorWishful Thinking
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Jul 26, 2015 05:16am
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InfoRepresentative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Thompson, Windham County, Conn., May 20, 1874; attended the public schools of Rockville and Bridgeport; graduated from the law department of Yale University in 1902; was admitted to the bar in 1901 and commenced practice in Hartford, Conn.; member of the city planning commission 1910-1912; assistant corporation counsel of Hartford 1910-1912; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914; elected to the Sixty-fifth and Sixty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1921); was not a candidate for renomination in 1920, having become a candidate for United States Senator; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1920 and again in 1928; resumed the practice of law in Hartford, Conn.; elected to the Seventy-second Congress (March 4, 1931-March 3, 1933); was not a candidate for renomination in 1932, having become a candidate for United States Senator; elected to the United States Senate as a Democrat in 1932 and served from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1939; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938; engaged in the practice of law in Washington, D.C., until his death there on October 18, 1947; interment in Mount St. Benedict�s Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.


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  11/08/1938 CT US Senate Lost 40.04% (-2.85%)
  11/08/1932 CT US Senate Won 47.50% (+0.72%)
  11/04/1930 CT District 1 Won 50.33% (+0.66%)
  11/06/1928 CT US Senate Lost 45.60% (-8.26%)
  11/02/1920 CT US Senate Lost 36.10% (-23.27%)
  11/05/1918 CT District 1 Won 53.47% (+10.86%)
  11/07/1916 CT District 1 Won 49.58% (+3.41%)
  11/03/1914 CT District 1 Lost 44.72% (-2.01%)
  11/05/1912 CT District 1 Won 39.96% (+1.23%)
  11/08/1910 CT District 1 Lost 45.04% (-3.07%)
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