Charles A. Mooney

{{short description|American politician}}

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| birthname=Charles Anthony Mooney

| name = Charles Mooney

| image=Charles A. Mooney-hec.19385.jpg

| caption =

| state= Ohio

| district= 20th

| term_start = March 4, 1919

| term_end = March 3, 1921

| preceded= William Gordon

| succeeded= Miner G. Norton

|term_start2=March 4, 1923

|term_end2=May 29, 1931

|preceded2=Miner G. Norton

|succeeded2=Martin L. Sweeney

|state_senate3=Ohio

|term_start3=January 4, 1915

|term_end3=January 5, 1919

|district3=25th

|preceded3=four others

|succeeded3=four others

|alongside3=four others 1915-1917
four others 1917-1919

| birth_date = {{birth date|1879|1|5}}

| birth_place = St. Marys, Ohio

| death_date = {{death date and age|1931|5|29|1879|1|5}}

| death_place = Cleveland, Ohio

| restingplace=Gethsemane Cemetery, St. Marys

| party= Democratic

| spouse=

| children =

| religion=

|alma_mater =

}}Charles Anthony Mooney (January 5, 1879 – May 29, 1931) was an American businessman and politician who served as a five-term U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Biography

Born in St. Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, 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 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

Sources

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Category:1879 births

Category:1931 deaths

Category:People from St. Mary's, Ohio

Category:Politicians from Cleveland

Category:Democratic Party Ohio state senators

Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio

Category:20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives

Category:20th-century members of the Ohio General Assembly

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