Joseph McLaughlin (Pennsylvania politician)

This article is about the U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania. For the U.S. court of appeals judge, see Joseph M. McLaughlin.

McLaughlin circa 1915

Joseph McLaughlin (June 9, 1867 – November 21, 1926) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Joseph McLaughlin was born in Burt, County Donegal, Ireland on June 9, 1867. He immigrated to the United States and settled in Philadelphia in 1889. He was employed as a mechanic in the Baldwin Locomotive Works and became shop superintendent of his department.

McLaughlin was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1918. He was elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1922.

He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 21, 1926. Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

Sources

Joseph McLaughlin at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Daniel F. Lafean	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district 1917–1919	Succeeded by Anderson H. Walters
Preceded by Mahlon M. Garland	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district 1921–1923	Succeeded by Guy E. Campbell

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