Charles Anthony Mooney (January 5, 1879 – May 29, 1931) was a five-term
U.S. Representative
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from
Ohio
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.
Biography
Born in
St. Marys,
Auglaize County, Ohio
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, Mooney attended public and
Jesuit schools. He was graduated from St. Marys High School in 1895 and then engaged in the local life insurance business. He moved to
Cleveland, Ohio, in 1910 and continued the life insurance business.
Political career
He served as a member of the
Ohio Senate from 1915 to 1919.
Mooney was elected as a
Democrat
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to the
Sixty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the
Sixty-seventh Congress. He served as a delegate to the
Democratic National Conventions in 1920, 1924, and 1928.
Mooney was elected to the
Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1923.
Death
He died in
Cleveland, Ohio, on May 29, 1931.
He was interred in Gethsemane Cemetery, St. Marys, Ohio.
See also
*
List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
Sources
1879 births
1931 deaths
People from St. Mary's, Ohio
Politicians from Cleveland
Democratic Party Ohio state senators
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
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