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O’LOUGHLIN, Kathryn Ellen, (after election was married to Daniel M. McCarthy and thereupon served under the name of Kathryn O’Loughlin McCarthy), a Representative from Kansas; born near Hays, Ellis County, Kans., April 24, 1894; attended the rural schools; was graduated from the Hays (Kans.) High School in 1913, from the State Teachers College, Hays, Kans., in 1917, and from the law school of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., in 1920; was admitted to the bar in 1921 and commenced practice in Chicago, Ill.; returned to Kansas in 1928 and continued the practice of law in Hays; delegate to the State Democratic conventions in 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, and 1936, and to the Democratic National Conventions in 1940 and 1944; member of the State house of representatives in 1931 and 1932; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law; also owned and operated a large ranch and was part owner of an automobile agency at Hays and Ellis, Kans.; died in Hays, Kans., January 16, 1952; interment in St. Joseph’s Cemetery.