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MONAST, Louis (1863-1936)

Republican of Rhode Island

3rd congressional district

Served in House 1927-1929

Total roll-call votes cast: 52

Note: This member has cast relatively few votes and so their ideological score may be unstable or inaccurate. Members who have cast at least 100 votes have more reliable scores.

Biography

Representative from Rhode Island; born in Marieville de Monior, Iberville, Province of Quebec, Canada, July 1, 1863; in the spring of 1865 immigrated to the United States with his father, who settled in Pawtucket, R.I.; attended parochial and night schools; employed in the textile mills from 1872 to 1882 and as a bricklayer, plasterer, and carpenter from 1882 to 1892; engaged in building construction and in the real estate business in 1892, and also operated several bakeries; member of the State house of representatives 1909-1911; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1924; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress; elected as a Republican to the Seventieth Congress (March 4, 1927-March 3, 1929); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress; resumed the real estate business; died in Pawtucket, R.I., April 16, 1936; interment in Notre Dame Cemetery.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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