Joseph McLaughlin (Pennsylvania politician)

This article is about the U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania. For the U.S. court of appeals judge, see Joseph M. McLaughlin.

Joseph McLaughlin (June 9, 1867 – November 21, 1926) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

McLaughlin circa 1915

Biography

Joseph McLaughlin was born in Burt, County Donegal, Ireland on June 9, 1867. He immigrated to the United States and settled in Philadelphia in 1889. He was employed as a mechanic in the Baldwin Locomotive Works and became shop superintendent of his department.

McLaughlin was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress. As a saloon keeper he voted against Prohibition while a member of the House. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1918. He was elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1922.

He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 21, 1926. Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Pennsylvania.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Joseph McLaughlin (id: M000540)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

• Joseph McLaughlin at Find a Grave