Augustine Lonergan

Augustine Lonergan
United States Senator from Connecticut
In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
Preceded by	Hiram Bingham III
Succeeded by	John A. Danaher
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 1st district
In office March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
Preceded by	E. Stevens Henry
Succeeded by	P. Davis Oakey
In office March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921
Preceded by	P. Davis Oakey
Succeeded by	E. Hart Fenn
In office March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933
Preceded by	E. Hart Fenn
Succeeded by	Herman P. Kopplemann
Personal details
Born	(1874-05-20)May 20, 1874 Thompson, Connecticut
Died	October 18, 1947(1947-10-18) (aged 73) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Democratic

Augustine Lonergan (May 20, 1874 – October 18, 1947), of Hartford, Connecticut, was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Connecticut from 1913 to 1915, 1917 to 1921, and 1931 to 1933. He was also a U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1933 to 1939.

Lonergan was elected to the Senate by narrowly defeating Hiram Bingham III amidst the Roosevelt landslide of 1932 due to the Great Depression. But he lost re-election in 1938.

External links

• United States Congress. "Augustine Lonergan (id: L000409)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 

United States Senators from Connecticut
Class 1	Ellsworth Hillhouse Dana Boardman Edwards Foot N. Smith Niles Betts Huntington R. S. Baldwin Toucey Dixon Buckingham Eaton Hawley Bulkeley McLean Walcott Maloney Hart R. E. Baldwin Benton Purtell T. Dodd Weicker Lieberman Murphy
Class 3	Johnson Sherman Mitchell Trumbull Tracy Goodrich Daggett Lanman Willey Tomlinson P. Smith Niles T. Smith Gillette Foster Ferry English Barnum Platt Brandegee Bingham Lonergan Danaher McMahon Purtell Bush Ribicoff C. Dodd Blumenthal