Francis Bernard Condon (November 11, 1891 -
November 23, 1965) was a
U.S. Representative from
Rhode
Island
.
Born in
Central Falls,
Rhode Island
, Condon attended the public schools.
He
graduated from Georgetown University Law
School
, Washington,
D.C.
, in 1916. He was admitted to the
bar in 1916 and commenced practice in Pawtucket, Rhode
Island
. He served as a sergeant in the One Hundred
and Fifty-second Regiment, Depot Brigade, Twenty-third Company,
from May 1918 to June 1919. He served as member of the
Rhode Island House of
Representatives 1921-1926, serving as Democratic floor leader
1923-1926. He served as member of the Democratic State committee
1924-1926 and 1928-1930, serving as a member of the executive
committee 1928-1930. He was an unsuccessful candidate for
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode
Island in 1928. He was also Rhode Island department commander
of the
American Legion in 1927 and
1928.
Condon was elected as a
Democrat to the
Seventy-first Congress to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Jeremiah E. O'Connell and at the same time was
elected to the
Seventy-second Congress.
He was
reelected to the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses and
served from November 4, 1930, until his resignation on January 10,
1935, having been appointed an Associate Justice of the Rhode Island
Supreme Court
in which capacity he served until January 7, 1958,
when he was appointed Chief Justice. He remained Chief
Justice until his death in Boston, Massachusetts
, November 23, 1965. He was interred in
Mount St. Mary's Cemetery, East Providence, Rhode Island
.
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