History of the Municipalities of Hudson County, New Jersey, 1630-1923/Volume 3/McMahon, Aloysius

by Daniel Van Winkle

McMAHON, Aloysius,

Lawyer.

In the year of his graduation from the New York Law School, 1898, Mr. McMahon began the practice, in Jersey City, that twenty-five years later, gives him rank among the leading legal practitioners of the district. He is a son of Thomas and Margaret (Donovan) McMahon, his father a native of County Monaghan, Ireland, who settled first in Staten Island, and, about 1876, in Jersey City, where he became a commission merchant, selling farm and garden produce. He married, May 20, 1873, Margaret Donovan, who was born in London, England, of Irish parents, coming to New York City about 1872.

Aloysius McMahon was born at the family home on Third street, Jersey City, New Jersey, July 24, 1877, and was educated in the public schools, completing his course in Public School No. 4, in 1892, and in the Jersey City High School in 1896. Matriculating at the New York Law School he received his degree in the class of 1898, and was admitted to the New Jersey bar as an attorney, and later as a counselor, in 1902. His professional work has followed general lines at the New Jersey and New York bar, the right of practice in New York courts being granted him November 12, 1900. Mr. McMahon is a Democrat, and when he entered public office it was in the capacity, for which his training gave him ample qualifications, of assistant district attorney. He has a large practice, and has won a reputation that is based upon proved ability and professional training equal to the heavy demands that have been made upon it. Mr. McMahon fraternizes with Jersey City Lodge, No. 211, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; and the Knights of Columbus, of which he has severed as district deputy. His clubs are the Elks' and Columbian. He is known as a public-spirited citizen interested in everything bearing upon the common good, and a ready supporter of progressive movements. He is a communicant of St. Aloysius' Roman Catholic Church.

Mr. McMahon married, at Abington, Massachusetts, September 18, 1912, Anna C. Fitzgerald, daughter of Patrick and Elizabeth (Hodnutt) Fitzgerald, and they are the parents of the following children: Robert Emmet, born December 30, 1913; Betty, born September 27, 1916; Natalie Cecile, born April 2, 1919; and Muriel, born December 16, 1920.