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John McSweeney
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromOhio
In office March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929
Preceded by	Joseph H. Himes
Succeeded by	Charles B. McClintock
Constituency	16th district
In office January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 Serving with Harold G. Mosier
Preceded by	Daniel S. Earhart Stephen M. Young
Succeeded by	George H. Bender L. L. Marshall
Constituency	At-large
In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951
Preceded by	Henderson H. Carson
Succeeded by	Frank T. Bow
Constituency	16th district
Personal details
Born	John McSweeney (1890-12-19)December 19, 1890 Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
Died	December 13, 1969(1969-12-13) (aged 78) Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
Resting place	Wooster Cemetery
Party	Democratic
Alma mater	College of Wooster

John McSweeney (December 19, 1890 – December 13, 1969) was an American lawyer and politician who served as aU.S. representative fromOhio in the 20th century.

Born inWooster, Ohio, McSweeney attended the public schools and was graduated fromWooster University in 1912.He was employed in the engineering corps of thePennsylvania Railroad Co. in 1912 and 1913.He taught at Wooster High School 1913–1917.He served overseas during theFirst World War from May 10, 1917, to August 11, 1919, and was promoted tocaptain and aide-de-camp to General Farnsworth on August 16, 1918.Awarded thePurple Heart Medal and received theCroix de Guerre.He studied law at theInns of Court, England.He returned to the United States in 1919 and resumed teaching.He served as member of the Wooster City Council 1919–1921 and served as president.He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1920 to theSixty-seventh Congress.He wasadmitted to the bar in 1925 and commenced practice in Wooster.

McSweeney was elected as aDemocrat to theSixty-eighth,Sixty-ninth, andSeventieth Congresses (March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to theSeventy-first Congress.He resumed the practice of law in Wooster.State director of public welfare 1931–1935.

McSweeney was elected to theSeventy-fifth Congress (January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to theSeventy-sixth Congress.He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election to theUnited States Senate in 1940 and for election as Governor of Ohio in 1942.He served as a lieutenant colonel with the Military Government in Italy 1943–1946.

He resumed the practice of law.

McSweeney was elected to theEighty-first Congress (January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1950 to theEighty-second Congress, for election in 1952 to theEighty-third Congress, and in 1956 to theEighty-fifth Congress.

He resided inWooster, Ohio, until his death there December 13, 1969.He was interred in Wooster Cemetery.

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