Daniel Francis Minahan (August 8, 1877,

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– April 29, 1947) was an American

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politician from

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who represented the 6th congressional district from 1919 to 1921 and again from 1923 to 1925.

Biography

Minahan was born in

on August 8, 1877. He attended Stevens Institute Preparatory School and

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. He was superintendent of work for his father, who was a contractor. He served as

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from May 1914 until August 1919, when he resigned. Minahan was elected as a Democrat to the

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, serving in office from March 4, 1919 to March 3, 1921, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress. He was again elected to the Sixty-eighth Congress, serving from March 4, 1923 to March 3, 1925. He was unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress and for election in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress. He was a delegate to the

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. He engaged in land development and resided in

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, until his death on April 29, 1947. He was interred in St. Johns Catholic Cemetery, in Orange, New Jersey.Daniel Francis Minahan

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. Accessed August 23, 2007.

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Minahan, Daniel F. 1877 births 1947 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey Politicians from East Orange, New Jersey Seton Hall University alumni Mayors of Orange, New Jersey