Robert S. Maloney

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Robert Sarsfield Maloney was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Lawrence on February 3, 1881. He attended public schools and learned the printer’s trade. Maloney was a fraternal delegate of the American Federation of Labor to the 1907 Canadian Trades and Labor Congress in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was New England organizer for the International Typographical Union 1908-1912.

He was elected a member of the board of aldermen in 1909 and served as president. Maloney served as director of the Department of Public Health and Charities of Lawrence in 1912 and 1915-1920. He was member of the city council 1916-1920 and served as president. He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923), but was not a candidate for renomination. He again served as director of the Department of Public Health and Charities, from 1924 until 1928, published a weekly newspaper and, later, engaged in the restaurant business until his death in Lawrence on November 8, 1934. His interment was in Immaculate Conception Cemetery.

• Robert S. Maloney at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by Michael Francis Phelan

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 7th congressional district March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923

Succeeded by William P. Connery