McDONOUGH, Gordon Leo (1895-1968)
Republican of California 
15th congressional district
Served in House 1945-1962
Biography
A Representative from California; born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., January 2, 1895; moved with his parents to Emporium, Cameron County, Pa., in 1898; attended the public schools; was graduated from the high school at Emporium, Pa.; engaged as an industrial chemist at Emporium, Pa., 1915-1918; moved to Los Angeles, Calif., and resumed his former occupation 1918-1933; member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors 1933-1944, serving as chairman for one year; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-ninth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1963); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress; died in Bethesda, Md., June 25, 1968; interment in Holy Cross Mausoleum, Los Angeles, Calif.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
