James Gideon Monahan (January 12, 1855 – December 5, 1923) was an American lawyer and politician who served one as a

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from

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from 1919 to 1921.Wisconsin Historical Society-James Gideon Monahan
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, Monahan attended the common schools and graduated from the Darlington High School in 1875. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1878.

Early career

He commenced practice in

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. He returned to Darlington in 1880. He served as district attorney of Lafayette County 1880-1884. From 1883 till 1919 he was editor and owner of the ''Darlington Republican Journal''. He served as delegate to the

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in 1888. He also served as collector of internal revenue for the second Wisconsin district 1900-1908.

Affiliations

He was a member of Evening Star Masonic Lodge #64 F&AM Wisconsin and served as the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Masons in Wisconsin in 1898.

Congress

Monahan was elected as a

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to the

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(March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921) as the representative of

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. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1920 to the

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Death and burial

He died in

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, December 5, 1923. He was interred in Union Grove Cemetery,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Monahan, James Gideon 1855 births 1923 deaths People from Darlington, Wisconsin Wisconsin lawyers Editors of Wisconsin newspapers Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin American male journalists People from Willow Springs, Wisconsin 19th-century American lawyers