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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyCornelius Augustine McGLENNON
(1878-1931)
McGLENNON, Cornelius
Augustine, a Representative from New Jersey; born in East
Newark, N.J., December 10, 1878; attended Holy Cross School,
Harrison, N.J., and St. Francis Xavier’s High School in New
York City; was graduated from Seton Hall College, South Orange,
N.J., in 1899; public and high school principal 1901-1926; studied
law at the New Jersey Law School, Newark, N.J.; was admitted to the
bar in 1916 and commenced practice in East Newark, N.J.; member of
the State senate in 1917 and 1918, serving as Democratic floor
leader in 1918; mayor of East Newark 1907-1919; elected as a
Democrat to the Sixty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1921);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh
Congress; resumed the practice of his profession in East Newark,
N.J.; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1920;
appointed judge of the court of errors and appeals in 1924 and
served until his death; also supervising principal at Harrison,
N.J., 1926-1931; died in Newark, N.J., June 13, 1931; interment in
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, East Orange, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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