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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—CaliforniaGordon Leo McDONOUGH
(1895-1968)
McDONOUGH, Gordon Leo, a
Representative from California; born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y.,
January 2, 1895; moved with his parents to Emporium, Cameron
County, Pa., in 1898; attended the public schools; was graduated
from the high school at Emporium, Pa.; engaged as an industrial
chemist at Emporium, Pa., 1915-1918; moved to Los Angeles, Calif.,
and resumed his former occupation 1918-1933; member of the Los
Angeles County Board of Supervisors 1933-1944, serving as chairman
for one year; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-ninth and to
the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1963);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth
Congress; died in Bethesda, Md., June 25, 1968; interment in Holy
Cross Mausoleum, Los Angeles, Calif.
Bibliography
Mitchell, Franklin D. “An Act of Presidential Indiscretion:
Harry S. Truman, Congressman McDonough, and the Marine Corps
Incident of 1950.” Presidential Studies Quarterly 11
(Fall 1981): 565-75.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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