Michael Joseph MULDOWNEY, Congress, PA (1889-1947)

MULDOWNEY, Michael Joseph, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., on August 10, 1889; moved with his parents to Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1894; attended the public schools; was graduated from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1908; member of the State house of representatives 1925-1929; served in the city council of Pittsburgh 1930-1933; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-third Congress (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress; member of the State board of mercantile appraisers 1935-1937; appointed State unemployment compensation referee in 1940 and served in that capacity until his death in Pittsburgh, Pa., on March 30, 1947; interment in Calvary Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present