Patrick J. Moynihan
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Patrick J. Moynihan | |
|---|---|
| Chairman of the Massachusetts Commission of Administration and Finance | |
| In office 1937–1941 | |
| Preceded by | Charles P. Howard |
| Succeeded by | Angier Goodwin |
| Massachusetts State Deputy of the Knights of Columbus | |
| In office 1936–1938 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph H. Martin |
| Succeeded by | John J. Spillane |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1891 |
| Died | February 1, 1969 (aged 78) |
| Resting place | Saint Mary's Cemetery Needham, Massachusetts |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Nellie O'Donnell (died 1962) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | University of Dublin Pace Institute |
| Occupation | Teacher Accountant Government official |
Patrick J. Moynihan (1891 – 1969) was an Irish–American political and social leader who served as Massachusetts state deputy of the Knights of Columbus from 1936 to 1938 and chairman of the state Commission of Administration and Finance from 1937 to 1941.
Moynihan was born in Killarney in 1891.[1] He graduated from De La Salle College Waterford and the University of Dublin and worked as a schoolteacher.[1][2] He immigrated to the United States in 1912.[1] Moynihan settled in New York City and found work as an accountant for Collier's.[3] He graduated from the Pace Institute School of Accountancy and became a Certified Public Accountant.[1] In 1919, he became a U.S. citizen.[1] The following year, he moved to Boston, where he taught at the South Boston Evening High School and ran his own accounting firm.[3]
Knights of Columbus
In 1936, Moynihan was elected state deputy of the Massachusetts State Council of the Knights of Columbus. He was the first person born in Ireland to hold this position.[2] At the 1937 Supreme Convention, Moynihan stunned delegates by nominating Deputy Supreme Knight Francis P. Matthews for Supreme Knight, but Matthews declined the nomination.[4]
At the 1939 Supreme Convention in Seattle, Moynihan alleged that $787,124.04 had been misappropriated from mortuary funds in order to pay the salaries and expenses of supreme officers and supreme directors and called for an investigation into the order's finances. After making the allegations, Moynihan was suspended from the order by Supreme Knight Francis P. Matthews.[5][6]