Martin Leonard Sweeney (April 15, 1885 – May 1, 1960) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and the father of Robert E. Sweeney. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads Robert E Sweeney ( November 4, 1924 - June 30, 2007) was a US
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Sweeney attended parochial and public schools in the area. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state Parochial school is one term used (particularly in the United States) to describe a school that engages in Religious education in addition to conventional Education Prior to his political career Sweeney worked as a laborer, hoisting engineer and a salesman from 1901-1913. He served as a member of the State House of Representatives in 1913 and 1914, and graduated from the Cleveland Law School of Baldwin-Wallace College in 1914. The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University is located in Cleveland, Ohio and traces its origins to the founding of Baldwin-Wallace College is a small Liberal arts college in Berea Ohio. Sweeney was admitted to the bar that same year and begin practicing law in Cleveland. A bar association is a Professional body of Lawyers Some bar associations are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in their Jurisdiction From 1924-32 Sweeney was judge of the municipal court of Cleveland, and served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1932. In the United States, a state court has Jurisdiction over disputes with some connection to a U The Democratic National Convention is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
Sweeney was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles A. Mooney. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The Seventy-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government consisting of the United States Senate Charles Anthony Mooney ( January 5, 1879 &ndash May 29, 1931) was a five-term U He was re-elected to the Seventy-third and the four succeeding Congresses, serving from November 3, 1931, to January 3, 1943. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sweeney was an unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination in 1942 after being targeted for his stand against British Lend Lease and a vague isolationism. Isolationism is a Foreign policy which combines a non-interventionist military policy and a political policy of Economic nationalism ( Protectionism He was defeated in the primary by Michael Feighan, who represented Cleveland in Congress for the next twenty-eight years. Michael A Feighan ( February 16 1905 &ndash March 19 1992) was an American Politician from Lakewood Ohio He was an unsuccessful for Democratic nomination for mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1933 and in 1941, and for the gubernatorial nomination in 1944. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state Practiced law in Cleveland, Ohio, until his death there May 1, 1960. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was interred in Calvary Cemetery.
His daughter was married to the son of Cuyahoga County Sherriff Martin O'Donnell. Cuyahoga County (pronounced /ˌkaɪəˈhɔgə/ or /ˌkaɪəˈhoːgə/ is a County located in the state of Ohio, United States. {1886-1941}
His cousin Dr. Francis Sweeney was a suspect in the Cleveland Torso Murderer of 1934-1938
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