John A. Maguire

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John A. Maguire
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Nebraska's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1915
Preceded byErnest M. Pollard
Succeeded byC. Frank Reavis
Personal details
Born(1870-11-29)November 29, 1870
Elizabeth, Illinois
DiedJuly 1, 1939(1939-07-01) (aged 68)
Lincoln, Nebraska
Political partyDemocratic

John Arthur Maguire (November 29, 1870 – July 1, 1939) was an American Democratic Party politician.

He was born near

University of Nebraska-Lincoln
in 1899.

He was deputy treasurer of Lancaster County, Nebraska from 1899 to 1901, also passing the bar in 1899. He set up practice in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1902. He was a delegate to the 1904 Democratic National Convention and the secretary to the Democratic State committee in 1905.

He was elected in 1909 to the Sixty-first United States Congress and reelected to the

Sixty-third Congresses
. He ran unsuccessfully for reelection in 1914, returning then to his practice of law in Lincoln. He was appointed a municipal judge on January 1, 1938 and died on July 1, 1939. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Lincoln.

References

  1. "Maguire, John Arthur". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved February 24, 2006.
  2. "Maguire, John Arthur". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved February 24, 2006.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Nebraska's 1st congressional district

March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1915
Succeeded by