Robert T. Monagan

Robert T. Monagan Jr.
Robert T. Monagan Jr.
	City Council
	In office; 1958–1960
Personal details
Born	Robert Timothy Monagan Jr.; July 5, 1920; Real Estate

Robert Timothy Monagan Jr. (July 5, 1920 – January 7, 2009) was a California politician and a member of the Republican Party, who was Speaker of the California State Assembly from 1969 to 1970. He served in the California State Assembly, representing the 12th district from 1961 until 1973.

Early life and career

Born in

student body president

.

From 1943 to 1946, including during World War II, he served as a United States Coast Guard officer, seeing duty in the Aleutian Islands.^[1]

After the war, he returned to California to become the graduate manager of athletics for the University of the Pacific.^[1]

Monagan moved to

Chamber of Commerce.^[1]

Political career

In 1952, he became chief of staff for Congressman Leroy Johnson in Washington, D.C.^[1] Monagan returned to Tracy in 1954 to begin working in insurance and real estate, eventually founding Monagan-Miller-McInerney Insurance, which eventually became the largest insurance agency in the region surrounding Tracy.^[2]

He was elected to the Tracy

City Council in 1958 and became mayor in 1960. That same year, he was elected for the California State Assembly to represent 12th District

.

Monagan was re-elected five more times. He became Assembly Republican

Leader in 1965 and held that post until becoming Speaker of the Assembly in 1969. After the 1970 elections, Monagan again became Assembly Republican Leader and held that post until becoming United States Assistant Secretary of Transportation in 1973, holding that position until 1974.^[3]

In 1974, Monagan returned to California to become vice president (and later president) of the California Manufacturers and Technology Association.[1] In 1984, he left the CMTA to become president of the California Economic Development Corporation, serving until 1994.

A portion of the I-205 which runs through Tracy which is named after him.^[4]

Monagan served on the

Chairman, and the University's Monagan Hall is named for him and his wife.^[2] Monagan Hall is a student housing complex consisting of four-bedroom suites available only to juniors and seniors.^[5]

With his wife, Ione, he had one son, Michael and one daughter, Marilee.