Michael A. Feighan

Michael Aloysius Feighan
Frank T. Bow, Canton, Feighan, President Kennedy in Blue Room of White House March 16, 1961.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 20th district
In office January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1971
Preceded by	Martin L. Sweeney
Succeeded by	James V. Stanton
Personal details
Born	(1905-02-16)February 16, 1905 Lakewood, Ohio
Died	March 19, 1992(1992-03-19) (aged 87) Washington, D.C.
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Florence Feighan
Relations	Ed Feighan (nephew)
Alma mater	John Carroll University; Princeton University; Harvard Law School
Religion	Roman Catholic

Michael A. Feighan (February 16, 1905 – March 19, 1992) was an American politician from Lakewood, Ohio, near Cleveland. He served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, and as a Democratic Party U.S. Representative from 1943 to 1971, serving Ohio's 20th congressional district.

Originally, he was recruited by national Democrats who wanted to replace Congressman Martin L. Sweeney (D-OH), who had for eleven years held the seat representing the west side of Cleveland. They considered Sweeney to be too isolationist; for example, he had argued against enacting Lend-Lease to the United Kingdom.

After Feighan had served almost three decades in the House of Representatives, some local Democratic officials, led by Cleveland City Council President James V. Stanton, had grown tired of his leadership. Sensing that they could not beat Feighan in one election, they set up a stalking horse running a Michael Sweeney, a local lawyer with a good political name. Sweeney lost, but his vote total showed that Feighan could be vulnerable in a rematch. Two years later, in 1970, Stanton himself ran and defeated Feighan in the Democratic primary, concluding Feighan's political career.

Electoral history

See also

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References

External links

• Michael A. Feighan at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Michael Feighan Papers at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University
• The Political Graveyard profile

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