John E. Sweeney

John E. Sweeney:
Republican Congressman

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2002

April 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

John Sweeney became the Republican member of Congress for New York's 22nd District (Clifton Park) in January 1999. Now in his second term, he has proved on many occasions that he is prepared to fight for what he believes to be right -- even if this means going against his Republican colleagues on a particular issue. In a statement on October 7, Sweeney came out strongly in … [Read more...] about John E. Sweeney:
Republican Congressman

February 2, 1880

Charles Parnell, founder of the Irish Parliament Party and one of Ireland’s most important nationalist leaders of the 19th century, became the first Irishman to address the United States Congress on this day in 1880. On a visit to the US with fellow Irish nationalist John Dillon, Parnell was able to raise £60,000 for the Land League, an organization which the two men helped found in an effort to aid poor Irish tenant farmers. Parnell’s leadership in spearheading the Irish Home Rule movement would later come to an end in 1886 after his affair with Katherine O’Shea (a married woman) became public and she was forced to file for divorce, a scandal which did not go over well with Parnell’s Catholic supporters.

John E. Sweeney:
Republican Congressman

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