| LC control no. | n 96087702 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | McMahon, Brien, 1903-1952 |
| Located | Conn. |
| Birth date | 19031006 |
| Death date | 19520728 |
| Place of birth | Norwalk, Conn. |
| Place of death | Washington, D.C. |
| Affiliation | Fordham University Yale Law School United States. Department of Justice. Criminal Division United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers |
| Found in | NUCMC data from the Library of Congress Mss. Div. for His Papers, 1943-1952 (McMahon, Brien, 1903-1952; U.S. senator from Connecticut) Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress website, June 26, 2013 (McMahon, Brien, a Senator from Connecticut; born James O'Brien McMahon in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., October 6, 1903; attended the public schools; graduated from Fordham University, New York City, in 1924 and from the law school of Yale University, New Haven, Conn., in 1927; admitted to the bar the same year, changed his name to Brien McMahon, and commenced practice in Norwalk, Conn.; city judge of Norwalk, Conn., in 1933, but resigned to become special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States 1933-1935; Assistant Attorney General of the United States in charge of the Department of Justice Criminal Division 1935-1939; resumed the practice of his profession in Washington, D.C., and Norwalk, Conn.; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1944; reelected in 1950 and served from January 3, 1945, until his death in Washington, D.C., July 28, 1952; co-chairman, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses); interment in St. Mary's Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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