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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TexasAugustus McCLOSKEY
(1878-1950)
McCLOSKEY, Augustus, a
Representative from Texas; born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex.,
September 23, 1878; attended Atascosa (Tex.) School, St.
Joseph’s Academy, San Antonio, Tex., and St. Mary’s
College, San Antonio, Tex.; employed as a stenographer 1903-1907;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced practice
in San Antonio, Tex.; judge of Bexar County 1920-1928; delegate to
the Democratic National Convention at Houston, Tex., in 1928;
presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the
Seventy-first Congress and served from March 4, 1929, to February
10, 1930, when he was succeeded by Harry M. Wurzbach, who
successfully contested his election; was not a candidate for
renomination in 1930; resumed the practice of law; judge of the
corporation court of San Antonio, Tex., from January 1943 to July
1947; practiced law until his death in San Antonio, Tex., July 21,
1950; interment in San Fernando Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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