John J. McGrath

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John Joseph McGrath (July 23, 1872 – August 25, 1951) was an Irish-American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from California for three terms from 1933 to 1939.

Biography

McGrath was born in Limerick, Ireland, while the country was a part of the United Kingdom. He was educated at the Christian Brothers College in Cork and immigrated to the United States at the age of seventeen, living initially in Chicago. He studied law briefly and worked as a salesman and sales manager for many years, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1896.

In California he served as postmaster of San Mateo from 1916 to 1925, and as a justice of the peace in San Mateo County from 1928 to 1932.

Congress

In 1932 he was elected to Congress as a Democrat, defeating incumbent Arthur M. Free in the 8th district, which ran from San Mateo County south across Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties. He served three full terms from 1933 to 1939, but was defeated for re-election in 1938 by Republican Jack Z. Anderson.

Later career and death

Subsequently, he served as commissioner for immigration and naturalization in San Francisco from 1939 to 1940 before retiring. He died in 1951 in San Mateo.

Electoral history

1932 California's 8th congressional district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John J. McGrath	Script error: No such module "string".	56.9%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Arthur M. Free (Incumbent)	Script error: No such module "string".	43.1%
Total votes			Script error: No such module "string".	100.0%
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1934 California's 8th congressional district election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John J. McGrath (Incumbent)	Script error: No such module "string".	100.0%
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1936 California's 8th congressional district election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John J. McGrath (Incumbent)	Script error: No such module "string".	57.6%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Alonzo L. Baker	Script error: No such module "string".	43.4%
Total votes			Script error: No such module "string".	100.0%
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1938 California's 8th congressional district election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Jack Z. Anderson	Script error: No such module "string".	55%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John J. McGrath (Incumbent)	Script error: No such module "string".	45%
Total votes			Script error: No such module "string".	100%
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1940 California's 8th congressional district election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Jack Z. Anderson (Incumbent)	Script error: No such module "string".	96.7%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Elizabeth Nichols	Script error: No such module "string".	3.3%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John J. McGrath (write-in)	Script error: No such module "string".	0.1%
Total votes			Script error: No such module "string".	100.0%
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References

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