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Paul J. Kilday
Kilday, c. 1961
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 20th district
In office
January 3, 1939 – September 24, 1961
Preceded byMaury Maverick
Succeeded byHenry B. González
Judge of the United States Court of Military Appeals
In office
September 24, 1961 – October 12, 1968
Preceded byGeorge W. Latimer
Succeeded byWilliam H. Darden
Personal details
Born(1900-03-29)March 29, 1900
Sabinal, Texas, U.S.
DiedOctober 12, 1968(1968-10-12) (aged 68)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse

Cecile Newton

(m. 1932)
Children2
Parents
  • Patrick Kilday (father)
  • Mary Tallant (mother)
  • Alma materSt. Mary's University, Texas
    Occupation
    • Lawyer
  • politician
  • Paul Joseph Kilday (March 29, 1900 – October 12, 1968) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas, representing the 20th district from January 3, 1939, to September 24, 1961, before serving as a Judge of the United States Court of Military Appeals.

    Early life and education

    [edit]

    Born in Sabinal, Texas, Kilday was the sixth child of Patrick Kilday, an immigrant from Ireland who was established as a merchant, and his Texas-born wife, Mary Tallant Kilday.[1]

    Kilday moved with his parents and siblings to San Antonio in 1904. He attended public and parochial schools there, graduating in 1918, and then went on to St. Mary's University in the same city.

    While attending law school, Kilday was employed as a clerk for the United States Air ForceinWashington, D.C. from 1918 to 1921 and as a law clerk for United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, in 1921 and 1922. He graduated with an LL.B. degree from the law department of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in 1922. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in San Antonio, Texas. At one point, he went into practice with Harry Howard, who later became a judge and president of the San Antonio Bar Association.[2]

    Kilday himself served as first assistant district attorney of Bexar County, Texas from 1935 to 1938. He was elected by the Twentieth District of Texas as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1939, until his resignation September 24, 1961, having been appointed a judge of the United States Court of Military Appeals by President John F. Kennedy. He served in this capacity until his death, in Washington, D.C. He was succeeded in Congress by Henry Barbosa Gonzalez.[3] He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia.[4]

    He was one of the majority of the Texan delegation to decline to sign the 1956 Southern Manifesto opposing the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education. Kilday voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1957 but in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1960.[5][6]

    Family

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    Kilday wed Cecile Newton on August 9, 1932.[7] He died on October 12, 1968, at Washington Hospital Center, apparently of a heart attack.[8] His widow survived him, as did two daughters, Mary Catherine Kilday and Betty Ann Kilday Drogula, and two granddaughters, Cynthia L. Drogula and Jennifer M. Drogula.[9] Two additional grandchildren followed his death, Fred K. Drogula and Elizabeth A. Drogula.[citation needed]

    Sources

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    Footnotes

    [edit]
    1. ^ 1900 United States Federal Census > Texas > Uvalde > Justice Precinct 2 > District 73 > Sheet 13.
  • ^ Daily Times (Kerrville, Texas); accessed March 6, 2009.
  • ^ Biography: Henry B. Gonzalez, sanantonio.gov; accessed March 7, 2009.
  • ^ "Burial Detail: Kilday, Paul J. (Section 2, Grave 4736-C)". ANC Explorer. Arlington National Cemetery. (Official website).
  • ^ "HR 6127. Civil Rights Act of 1957". GovTrack.us.
  • ^ "HR 8601. Passage".
  • ^ Paul Joseph Kilday at PoliticalGraveyard.Com. Accessed March 7, 2009.
  • ^ "Judge Paul Joseph Kilday Dies". The New York Times. 1968-10-13. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  • ^ "Deaths: Kilday, Honorable Paul J.". The Washington Post. 1968-10-14.
  • General resource

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    [edit]

    Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

    U.S. House of Representatives
    Preceded by

    Maury Maverick

    Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
    from Texas's 20th congressional district

    January 3, 1939 – September 24, 1961
    Succeeded by

    Henry B. González


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