Francis T. Maloney

Francis Maloney
Francis Maloney
Chair of the Senate Public Buildings Committee
	In office; 1942–1945
Preceded by	Tom Connally
Succeeded by	Charles O. Andrews
Secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus
	In office; January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945
Leader	Alben W. Barkley
Preceded by	Joshua B. Lee
Succeeded by	Brien McMahon
United States Senator; from Connecticut
	In office; January 3, 1935 – January 16, 1945
Preceded by	Frederic C. Walcott
Succeeded by	Thomas C. Hart
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Connecticut's 3rd district
	In office; March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
Preceded by	John Q. Tilson
Succeeded by	James A. Shanley
Mayor of Meriden
	In office; 1929–1933
Personal details
Born	Francis Thomas Maloney; March 31, 1894; Meriden, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	January 16, 1945 (aged 50); Meriden, Connecticut, U.S.
Political party	Democratic

Francis Thomas Maloney (March 31, 1894 – January 16, 1945) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut from 1933 to 1935 and a U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1935 to 1945. He was a Democrat.

Early life

Maloney was born in Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, March 31, 1894. He was a Catholic and his father and maternal grandparents were from Ireland.^[1]^[2] He attended public and parochial schools of Meriden. From 1914 to 1921, he worked as a newspaper reporter, except for 1917–1918, when he served as a seaman first class in the US Navy during the First World War. He then engaged in real estate and insurance business.^[3]

Political career

Maloney served as mayor of Meriden from 1929 to 1933.^[4] He was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. 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.^[5]

Maloney was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Connecticut in 1936, 1940, and 1944.^[6]

He died in Meriden, Connecticut, on January 16, 1945, and was interred in Sacred Heart Cemetery.

Legacy

One of the two public high schools in Meriden, Connecticut, is named for Maloney.^[7]

References

^ The Political Graveyard Archived 2009-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, Index to Politicians: Maloney.
^ "United States Census, 1900", FamilySearch, retrieved April 26, 2018
^ Maloney, Francis Thomas Archived 2010-01-06 at the Wayback Machine at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ Maloney, Francis Thomas Archived 2010-01-06 at the Wayback Machine at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. This time frame is, however, noted as 1930-1933 at The Political Graveyard Archived 2009-10-09 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Maloney, Francis Thomas Archived 2010-01-06 at the Wayback Machine at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ The Political Graveyard Archived 2009-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, Index to Politicians: Maloney.
^ Cf. Francis T. Maloney High School Archived 2009-11-24 at the Wayback Machine.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by John Q. Tilson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 3rd congressional district 1933–1935	Succeeded by James A. Shanley
Party political offices
Preceded by Augustine Lonergan	Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Connecticut (Class 1) 1934, 1940	Succeeded by Wilbur Lucius Cross
Preceded by Joshua B. Lee	Secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus 1943–1945	Succeeded by Brien McMahon
U.S. Senate
Preceded by Frederic C. Walcott	U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Connecticut 1935–1945 Served alongside: Augustine Lonergan, John Danaher, Brien McMahon	Succeeded by Thomas C. Hart
Preceded by Tom Connally	Chair of the Senate Public Buildings Committee 1942–1945	Succeeded by Charles O. Andrews

[1] The Political Graveyard Archived 2009-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, Index to Politicians: Maloney.

[2] "United States Census, 1900", FamilySearch, retrieved April 26, 2018

[3] Maloney, Francis Thomas Archived 2010-01-06 at the Wayback Machine at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

[4] Maloney, Francis Thomas Archived 2010-01-06 at the Wayback Machine at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. This time frame is, however, noted as 1930-1933 at The Political Graveyard Archived 2009-10-09 at the Wayback Machine.

[5] Maloney, Francis Thomas Archived 2010-01-06 at the Wayback Machine at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

[6] The Political Graveyard Archived 2009-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, Index to Politicians: Maloney.

[7] Cf. Francis T. Maloney High School Archived 2009-11-24 at the Wayback Machine.

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v t e United States senators from Connecticut
Class 1	Ellsworth Hillhouse Dana Boardman Edwards Foot N. Smith Niles Betts Huntington R. S. Baldwin Toucey Dixon Buckingham Eaton Hawley Bulkeley McLean Walcott Maloney Hart R. E. Baldwin Benton Purtell T. J. Dodd Weicker Lieberman Murphy
Class 3	Johnson Sherman Mitchell Trumbull Tracy Goodrich Daggett Lanman Willey Tomlinson P. Smith Niles T. Smith Gillette Foster Ferry English Barnum Platt Brandegee Bingham Lonergan Danaher McMahon Purtell Bush Ribicoff C. Dodd Blumenthal

v t e Chairs of the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Public Buildings (1838–1857)	Fulton Kerr Dayton Cameron Bright Hunter Whitcomb James Bayard
Public Buildings and Grounds (1857–1947)	Bright Foot Brown Fessenden Morrill Dawes Jones Rollins Mahone Stanford Vest Quay Fairbanks Warren Scott Sutherland Swanson Reed Fernald Lenroot Keyes Connally Maloney Andrews
Public Works (1947–1977)	Revercomb Chávez Martin Chávez McNamara Randolph
Environment and Public Works (1977–present)	Randolph Stafford Burdick Moynihan Baucus Chafee Smith Reid Smith Jeffords Inhofe Boxer Inhofe Barrasso Carper Moore Capito (designate)

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International	ISNI VIAF FAST WorldCat
National	United States
People	US Congress
Other	NARA SNAC

Early life

Political career

Legacy

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